At work, our leader shared a very illuminating article from Nora Roberts: how to juggle your life with multiple priorities. A feat 100x more complicated when you have children.

There was a deeper image that stuck with me: classify the balls you have in the air. Are they rubber or glass?

Why do this? You can actually determine what’s ‘fine’ to drop. A rubber ball can bounce back; while a glass ball has no point of return.

It’s a dream to believe we can keep a thousand balls in the air. It’s more practical (and comforting) to know you can drop some and be okay.

Glass first; everything next.