Since going back to work a few weeks ago, I've felt just slightly out of whack. If I'm being completely honest, I've felt less out of whack than I thought I would feel, but there's still some big adjustments happening with my schedule and my time. For the first few weeks, I was comfortable operating in survival mode, but after a while, I started to feel like I wasn't in control. There were things I should be doing regularly (like showering) that just weren't happening and it was making me crazy.
I decided I needed to get back to basics. I looked critically at my schedule and all my responsibilities and identified the most important things to do every single day. I love to brand things, so I asked Cob to help me come up with a catchy title or phrase that would help me remember these things and internalize them. Cob, of course, is brilliant and came up with the perfect phrase:
DAILY BREAD
In the scriptures, Jesus Christ refers to "daily bread" as help and sustenance from the Lord. Sometimes it's literal bread, and sometimes it's physical or emotional strength. Daily bread is anything necessary for our physical and spiritual survival.
“It helps at times not to think too far ahead. Just do what the day requires. ‘Give us this day our daily bread.’ We’re not anticipating the hardship or suffering that might be entailed. Sometimes just have to break it down to this moment; this day. While deliverance might not be immediate, you’ve got enough for today.”
-D. Todd Christofferson
Right now, my daily bread includes spiritual tasks (reading the scriptures and praying) as well as physical tasks (taking my medicine and showering). I'm hoping that thinking of these things as "daily bread" will help me remember how simple and necessary they are for my short-term and long-term success.
Because I just wouldn't be ME without some kind of visual, I made a Daily Bread Printable, which you can download here.
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Rebecca
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