When overwhelmed, Jacqueline Snyder's husband asks: what can you not do over? The question cuts through competing demands by separating what can be postponed from what cannot. A kindergarten graduation cannot be rescheduled. Neither can a work deadline.
I have 783 things to do and only time to do 4. My husband will always look me dead in the eye and he goes, okay, what can you not do over? Every time he asks me that, it's such a grounding moment for me. That's often like, if that's a kid thing or with work, sometimes I will prioritize the work thing over the kid thing because the work thing I can't do over, but it's one of many kid things.
Thank your husband for that tip because that's a really cool thing for us all to kind of bring in and be like, what's not the do-over? Because you're right, like, if it's multiple soccer games and you can't make it to one because there's a big opportunity, cool. If it's their kindergarten graduation, it's a whole other conversation.
