Before, we had a very specific goal with a terrifyingly vague timeframe in which to reach that goal. That was the main focus of our brain space, and the main source of our stress. Now that that goal has been achieved, my husband and I both are getting to experience a huge variety of stresses in our daily lives. Things that previously didn’t get to occupy much brain space or caring, suddenly are huge energy-suckers and panic-inducers. This isn’t to say that they aren’t stress-worthy things, because they very much so are. Everything used to be eclipsed by this one huge stress, and so they paled in comparison; they didn’t get our time and attention in any form, including stress. All focus went to the big goal. But now, it feels almost as stressful as before, but also not at all. The not at all part is the fact that a huge weight has been lifted. The almost as stressful as before party is the fact that a plethora of strains and stresses now plague us, and the variety of them is new and overwhelming, a huge shift from one single overshadowing strain.
So, yeah, it still sucks. But in a different way. And there’s also a lot of relief, too. Just still an unreal amount of stresses for us right now.
God, guide us clearly and lovingly, please. Keep my husband and my baby and my safe and well and together, please. Show us the way financially and as a family. Thank you for this life and this love. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2026
hannah ananas 