Have you noticed that now you can think of 370 things at once? All the thoughts come in like a virus spreading. It can stop you in your tracks. 370 things at once = paralysis. For most of us, this is where it ends.
And then you hear that sweet (but sad) comment, “oh it’s just my mom brain” (and all the kids are older than 2 or 3).
It was Mom brain early on. What happened is your expansion of awareness for others and the ability to maximize task completion with the least effort soared thru the roof when you had babies.
To pump breast milk, plan dinner, make the grocery list in our head, answer the “mom, where’s my…?” and the “honey, have you seen my…?” All while reading a book to your other kid and attempting to enjoy coffee, simultaneously thinking of how to finish up that email you need to send for work.
This is Mom Brain
You are a fucking ANIMAL mama!!
Unless you get paralyzed – then actually in nature you would be a dead animal. That’s no good.
So now that we are clear about this totally radical mom brain that processes massive amounts of critical and non-critical information at super human speeds, make it work for you in your life and at your job! You earned it. Now control it. Use it like the super power that it is.
I hit paralyzation daily. But now I’ve learned to skip the panic. I literally say out loud to myself, “it’s cool, just begin again with just 1 thing.” When I’m really on it I will ask myself “of the list of 370 what is the most important to do now?” Then I take something resembling dinner out of the freezer and move onto the next one.
Dominate the day.
It’s Mom brain all right. Take advantage of it.