Things that are currently challenging:
The daily nail gun/circular saw symphony taking place next door
Laundry
Feeding people
Answering emails
Replacing the running (walking… driving?) shoes that are so tread-bare they may as well be ballet shoes
Replacing all the pairs of jeans that broke in the butt (yes, there was more than one)
Drinking water
Reading
Writing
Being the same person outside of my head as I am on the inside of it
Remembering to enforce music practice
Remembering to monitor math progress
Clearing off the table
Group dynamics
Anything faster than a walk
Reconnection
Editing photos
Staying off Instagram
A sense of completion
Getting people to bed on time
Getting people to school on time
Saying no to clients
Saying yes to children
Saying no to children in order to say yes to myself
Partnering
Managing anxieties (beyond my own)
Living with spiritual integrity
Finding the will to decorate the front porch
Locating all the mugs in the house
Invoicing
Sleep
Things that are currently easy:
Hugs
Slippers
Coffee
Walking
Listening to podcasts
Listening to elementary school thought-downloads at bedtime
Knowing there those to whom my existence makes sense
Hearing the voices of nature
Noticing beauty
The air in autumn