Things don’t always go as planned, and that’s okay.

The Mental Health Monday I planned for last Monday never happened.

You may not have noticed because I gave no preview; I’m trying to move away from the previews, but the planning was still there, it was on my calendar, I wanted to publish something weekly during this mental health awareness month – it just never happened.

Part of my mental health is having goals and following through on them, but also part of my mental health is allowing myself grace.

Grace to change my mind.

Grace to miss a deadline, and accept that especially if there’s a good reason.

Grace to let myself take time for myself to have breakfast after a doctor’s appointment and then go to work.

Grace to take my own needs into consideration, to put myself first, to consider my own priorites.

To accept my own importance.

To adjust for my own needs.

To sometimes save my spoons.

My recommendation to you today is to take a moment. Ask yourself what you want from today. Then try to let it happen.

And if it doesn’t…well, there’s always tomorrow.