As wives and mothers, I think it’s so easy to overwhelm ourselves with responsibilities. The house should be spotless; runny noses and dirty faces should be immediately wiped clean; dinners should be nutritious but still thrifty; we should look for ways to serve others, and we should somehow still have time to be crafty and create amazing things.

A lot of those things might be trivial, but in the midst of everyday life, they sometimes seem crucial. It can be so easy to feel weighed down by everything we think we need to do in a day’s work, and that’s why I love the quote below. As long as we are doing what really matters, we’re succeeding. Simplifying my to-do list to the truly essential aspects of caring for my family really gives me better perspective and a greater sense of accomplishment.

Read the whole talk here.

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