We Can Do This

 

 I know I just put up a blog post, but the news has prompted me to write another. It doesn't matter what your politics are, it seems that prices are about to go up again. But we can handle this. I kindof fell down a hole yesterday morning when the tariff threats were flying around and then the threats on electricity, then the taking back of tariff's, then new tariffs on new places and I was just having a hard time digesting all of it and figuring out how to best mitigate their effect on my family. But then, I realized that at the end of the day yesterday, not as much had changed as it looked like it was going to in the morning and that all the whiplash had me all upset for no reason. Well, not no reason, but you know what I mean. I also had to tell myself that reading CNN updates all day was only making me more anxious rather than making me feel better being in the know.

 So today I just didn't. Today, I did my best as always to use the minimum amount of electricity. I followed my meal plan. I made my always hungry son a snack of peanut butter on saltines and I signed us up for a shift at a local thrift store that gives out free bagged lunches to anyone who asks for one. I cleaned out the big containers in the yard where we grow tomatoes and peppers and added the compost we collected all winter. I prayed. All of these are things under my control. All of these things cost nothing and some actually will help us save money. I spent an entire day yesterday feeling held down by worry for the future. I lost a whole day of my life to stress and worry and I can never get it back. So I made sure that today I did better.  I absolutely can do nothing to stop whatever is coming, but what I can do is my best.  Do my best at my job. Do my best to save as much money as I can so we can stay afloat. Do my best to make healthy food to feed my family.  Do my best to help those in worse shape than I am.  Do my best to put my energy into preparing for the future instead of fearing it.

 That's all any of us can really do, do our best. So tomorrow, do your best to make it a positive day. Whatever is coming, we can do this. We got this.