Instead of “getting through,” I much prefer: being present in the thing I’m doing, experiencing ease amid big events and projects, and feeling evenness and equilibrium, with time for joy and work and rest in most of my days, not just in fits and starts.

I’m going to keep it particularly short (to mind cognitive bandwidth) and sweet (keeping in line with this Halloween month). Given how demanding this new-school-year energy is for all involved, I want to share two strategies to help preserve that bandwidth and conserve that energy.

I admit, September is my least favourite time of year. I love the fall, don’t get me wrong. But, the big anticipatory anxiety, the discombobulation of routines, the ramping up of everything, well, it’s a lot. 

With age on my side, I know it’ll all become the new normal in a matter of a few short days and weeks. 

I also know, with years of doing this back-to-school September thing, two strategies that can make a difference.