As you go through the motions of your day, it's easy to lose track of the bigger picture. We get so mired in our to-do lists, the work deadlines, the kids' activities, and just trying to keep our heads above water, that we can completely miss the larger perspective.
Or any perspective, really.
Everything starts to feel important. Little things add up and we get stressed out. Overwhelm comes in waves as we try to do more, keep it together, and press forward.
I know this all too well. I hear you. Which is why I want to offer you a reframe on this week's episode of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast: it matters...and it doesn't matter.
Is it important that you get you get your work done, get dinner on the table, send a well-timed "happy birthday" message to a close friend, and clean out the basement? Sure. It matters.
...and it just doesn't matter at all.
I offer you this concept as a portal to freedom. Of course it all matters. It's meaningful to you. You value the things you're doing and the experiences you're having. Absolutely.
And in the end? It doesn't matter as much as we think it does.
When we can hold both of those truths at the same time, we're really on to something. You can't look too closely at it, or else it gets all mind-bendy and slithers out of view.
But recognizing that all of it matters, and at the same time none of it matters, is one of the most liberating realizations I've come across.
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