Going easy on myself

I'm definitely having one of those weeks where I am feeling overwhelmed. 

The house isn't just its usual "lived in untidiness" ... it just seems, dirty and messier than usual.
And why are there always dishes to be done. And clothes to be washed.

My cupboards have gone from bad to worse, and I only have myself to blame. Why do I always just stuff the clothes in there. I could, like a normal person, take the time to put them in neatly. But I don't, and now it is an unliveable mess.

The meal plan needs to be done, and the grocery list needs to be drawn up and I am feeling uninspired. Do we really need to have dinner every night?

There is so much in the house that needs to be done, why am I the only person it bothers. Why am I the only one who see's the mess and the dust.

And all I want to do is run away from my life. Not forever. Just for a day or two.

I know in a few days my hormones will be calmer and I will go back to ignoring the piles of laundry and dishes. I know that eventually everything gets cleaned. I know that living life is more important than fretting about the housework. I know that I don't need to take on everything myself.

I have my own meditation at times like this, something along the lines of "just go easy on yourself".  It doesn't help right away, but it does help me to stop and breathe and relax for a minutes.