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So these are the reasons why I think rushing takes more time. Number one is that you make more mistakes when we're just kind of flying around and trying to get things done and thinking of a thousand things all at once. We're not as efficient. I also think something that's really important in life is being excellent at what you do and and showing excellence and showing our families and our kids and people around us that like think excellent things take time and they're worth taking time for. Number two, people get upset when we're impatient with them. And especially I think of this specifically with my kids like not everyone watching this is gonna have kids or relate to this but like when I rush my kids push back even harder and they don't want to get out the door as quickly as I would like them to even more so. So I've learned to slow down and enjoy them in their process of getting ready in the morning. So like the take your put on your shoes thing with your kids like I could say that 14 times or I could say it once sit down with my daughter and have a moment with her and like hey look at you putting your shoes on all by yourself look you did your buckle like that that was great and like she and I can connect in that moment and I'm not rushing rushing rushing and causing her to be in a state of stress as well because it doesn't it doesn't make her go faster. Lord knows God gave me that child so that I would learn how to be patient because she is a stop and smell the roses kind of girl and I need that in my life because I'm not that way so I'm so I'm so appreciative that she's my daughter. Number three is making mountains out of molehills and if you don't know what that means it just means like a specific topic in your mind or certain issue can get planted and then it starts to grow and all of a sudden it seems like this tiny little thing that you have to accomplish is huge and it's a big stressor it's a really big stressor and so I attended to do that in my life I even I had a boss tell me that one time like I was really stressed out and really manic and she's like do you think you're making mountains out of molehills and that phrase has always stuck with me and she was probably right like the tasks in front of me were not that serious but because I wanted them done well and I wanted I was worried about people's perception of me doing while like having done them it was creating more stress than I needed to. My husband gave this this very good little grain of wisdom to me he said slow is smooth and smooth is fast and I guess this is something they said in the military a lot when it just meant like when you make sudden movements someone can get hurt or someone can get killed it's kind of harsh to translate into real-day life but I get what he's saying like if I just go slow at a task you take my time it's actually gonna take me less time than if I were to rush and try to accomplish multiple things at once and multitask because we all know multitasking doesn't work and then the last one you definitely lower your stress when you choose to take your time and not rush I can just feel it and maybe I'm just more of a type A person this way but I can feel it when I'm stressed and rushing around like a crazy person my blood pressure is higher my pulse is faster and I don't feel in a state of peace so since I've started practicing this and trying to go slow and I I realize I'm I'm able to be happier and I'm able to feel better in my own body like I don't feel like my heart's gonna burst out of my chest so that's really good okay so last but not least how on earth do we keep from rushing because we live in this crazy busy world and how are we gonna accomplish this well I have a few tips for you number one make a plan with some wiggle room I feel like that's the key so we can make plans all day long and right you know I'm gonna do this at 9 o'clock and do this at 10 o'clock but if you're not giving yourself wiggle room for mishaps to occur or things to come up or kids to have meltdowns because that is so that happens then we're setting ourselves up for failure and another tip for how to keep from rushing is to get thankful this is one of my favorite things that I have learned this last year in it immediately if I get into a state of stress or in a state of like anxiety I just I stop and I go no no no no no because I know those thoughts are not from God it's trying to stress me out and that's not helpful to my day so I just go like I'm thankful for my family thank you God for my kids thank you God that I have a house to live in in food to eat like and they're very simple things but immediately it states or it changes my state of mind and I I am able to move forward and crush those those thoughts of their lies really those thoughts of untruth and then my last thing is just to give grace to yourself like I want to be here to remind you guys like you were created for a purpose and I truly believe that God created us to encourage each other and and sometimes people's opinions of myself become everything and so me being a little bit late is is the fear and that's probably why I rushed most times because I'm afraid they're I'm gonna be late I'm afraid that people are gonna think less of me or get I'm afraid that people are gonna think less of me and I'm afraid people are gonna think I'm incompetent and the truth is it doesn't matter what people think of you it doesn't matter what people think of me that God our Creator already thinks the world of us and yeah and he and he made me for something amazing he made you for something amazing and if we can just get behind that and realize like God is for us he's not mad at us that we don't have to worry about being five minutes late granted if it's like a like a really important appointment or something or like a job interview you do want to make a good impression and that is important but I'm talking about the day-to-day stuff like and that specifically for moms this grace we need to give ourselves when our kid has a meltdown and we're five minutes late to a play date like that's okay I'm so excited to be able to share these tips that I've learned myself with you I hope they're helpful to you most of all I'm just gonna start praying that you guys have an amazing week if you're tuned into this I like I'm excited to be able to connect with you this way have an amazing week I can't wait to think about what to share it with you next week I'm always learning I'm always thinking I'm always praying and I just hope you're doing the same let's make our life awesome together and while we do that let's go get messy have fun and learn I'll see you next time