TheWRITEaddiction.com

Hello my name is Aixaster and I am a high expectations overachiever. It took me a long time to realize it and a bit longer to be able to say it out loud. I am the daughter of a woman that pushed herself to the extreme doing the job of two, more like three, people because she felt that it what she had to do. I know I take after her in many things and overdoing it is one of them.

At the tender age of 31 I am learning to slow down. I am relearning how to take things “slow”. Perhaps it’s these old habits that make me feel that being a stay at home mom, a Phd student working on her dissertation and going to the occasional meeting, isn’t enough on my plate. I am learning to take a moment and remember that I am making progress on my data collection (even though I feel like I am not getting any writing done). I am teaching myself to appreciate the moments I get to share with my son as he hits milestone after milestone. I am learning to let things not get done and take a nap with my infant. I am accepting that 3 things on a to-do list for one day is more than enough, even if they are mundane things. I am looking for the middle. I do t know what it looks like or how close I will get to it but the middle is what I am aiming for.