What a week. I learned something about myself: when I’m stressed, I crave sugar.
On Monday, Meghan’s school had a two-hour delay, which cut my usual blog work time from about two and a half hours to roughly one hour while Luke was at school. During that shortened hour, WordPress was sluggish and a plugin I rely on (the one that enables printing my recipes) malfunctioned, so I fell behind on several tasks.
Because of that, Monday’s post didn’t go live until Tuesday. Not a disaster, but Tuesday turned into a snow day for both kids and everything felt like it was piling up. I was frazzled and behind on ordinary life tasks. Writing it out makes it sound minor—I know there are much bigger problems out there than a mound of laundry—but the stress was real and I don’t like that feeling.
I wanted a piece of chocolate cake. I hadn’t realized how automatic that reaction is for me: I reach for sweets when I’m anxious, stressed, or overwhelmed.
This time, though, I managed not to give in. I did overindulge in dates stuffed with almond butter—more than I planned—but I avoided the immediate trip to the store to buy chocolate cake.
Had I not been participating in this challenge, I’m not sure I would have resisted. I’m grateful we’re doing it together. It’s becoming clear that my habits are being rewired: my brain is slowly learning new responses to stress.
How was your week? Tell us about it in the comments!