It’s been a messy week. We made the switch from Pennsylvania back to NYC, I officially started year 19 of teaching, and our three kids started back to school.

In this episode, I’m sharing three simple things I’m doing to make the transition feel more manageable: tidying what I can control, putting on my own oxygen mask first, and asking what actually matters to our family right now.

When life feels messy, the answer doesn’t always have to be a massive reset and getting back into a rhythm doesn’t have to mean getting everything back in order.

Sometimes you just need to make sense of the mess, tackle a few things, and move on.

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