why bloopers + blunders can sometimes lead to slowing down

 TITLE: Spring and the Book Dress. Prints available in my etsy shop.

the other day i was making my peanut butter and banana smoothie and realized i'd inadvertently bought peanut butter with sugar and honey. no big deal, right? but it had been one of those quick stops at the market before catching the film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky. 

since we've dedicated ourselves to only shopping local farmer's markets and co-ops, when i realized the market didn't have much of a selection for natural peanut butter, i hurried and bought a "natural" Smuckers that had a sale sticker.

when i opened the jar and saw all of that sugar on the label, i knew i should have slowed down. i know better than to cut corners. i am a big believer in doing things your best the first time. and i realized, i've been totally in my head this last week.

 TITLE: Forever Young. The Original Painting and Prints are available in my etsy shop.

yet even after this realization that i've been all in my head and not present enough, i carried my smoothie (and grabbed a cup of coffee to multi-task) so i could have breakfast and get some work done outside. and as i opened the sliding door, balancing everything at once, i poured smoothie all over the floor.

then, what did i do? i rejuggled everything! i rebalanced the smoothie and coffee cups and wound up spilling the entire cup of coffee straight down my white shirt!

  TITLE: Earth Mother. Prints available in my etsy shop.

luckily, i can laugh at myself. and i didn't care much about my shirt. but keep in mind, all of this came right after a beautiful yoga session on the backyard patio. so i know i had been trying to rebalance and get back to a schedule that included yoga, journaling and walks. but even still, everything was squeezed into and not breathable.

and of course these were super little things in the scheme of it all. but i am learning, slowly, to listen to those little whispers and slow down and remain present before any bigger bloopers and blunders take place. i'm remembering it's all right to do things one at a time. and not everything needs to get done right now.

TITLE: ME and MY MONSTER. The Original Painting has SOLD. Prints are available in my etsy shop.

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