Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
How to Lighten Your Load with Pebbles, Rocks, and Boulders by Rebekah Borucki
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Picture a stream flowing along a forest floor. The stream is your day. The small sticks or leaves being carried downstream are the random things that happen during your day, like spilling coffee on yourself on the way to work or a call from the school that your kid is sick.
Imagine the big stuff on your to-do list as boulders–these are the tasks, appointments, or events that require a lot of mental, emotional, or physical energy. If you take a giant boulder and stick it in the middle of the stream, the water has to go around it, but it’s still flowing fine. However, if you toss a bunch of big ol’ boulders in, you create a dam and nothing is getting by. Water splashes against the rocks and drops all the stuff it was carrying right there in a great big pile, completely stopping your flow.
So here’s how I organize my calendar:
❁ Only one boulder (an energetically-taxing or time-consuming event like a doctor’s appointment or a parent-teacher conference) is allowed per day (if I can help it).
❁ Rocks and pebbles (minor tasks like phone calls, errands, and other everyday obligations) get scattered here and there on the dates when they actually need to get done instead of letting them collect in a big pile that blocks my healthy flow.
❁ And finally, empty space is a valuable thing, and I honor it. I make sure to leave room in between the pebbles, rocks, and boulders for stillness (and sometimes just to catch my breath).
This is just one practical lesson you’ll find in my book, Managing the Motherload, a guide to creating more ease, space, and grace in motherhood by me, meditation guide and mother-of-five, Rebekah Borucki.
Learn more at http://MotherloadBook.com.
Credits:
Written, directed, and narrated by Rebekah Borucki
Original animation by Patricia Battles (https://www.patriciabattles.com)
Additional graphics by Rebekah Borucki
Photography by Justin Borucki (http://borucki.com)
How to Lighten Your Load with Pebbles, Rocks, and Boulders by Rebekah Borucki
✶ My NEW book: MotherloadBook.com
✶ Join my private group: BlissedInCommunity.com
✶ Free tools for your anxiety: 4minuteworkshop.com
✶ Join me for live meditations every Monday at 11:11 am eastern at Facebook.com/bexlife
Picture a stream flowing along a forest floor. The stream is your day. The small sticks or leaves being carried downstream are the random things that happen during your day, like spilling coffee on yourself on the way to work or a call from the school that your kid is sick.
Imagine the big stuff on your to-do list as boulders–these are the tasks, appointments, or events that require a lot of mental, emotional, or physical energy. If you take a giant boulder and stick it in the middle of the stream, the water has to go around it, but it’s still flowing fine. However, if you toss a bunch of big ol’ boulders in, you create a dam and nothing is getting by. Water splashes against the rocks and drops all the stuff it was carrying right there in a great big pile, completely stopping your flow.
So here’s how I organize my calendar:
❁ Only one boulder (an energetically-taxing or time-consuming event like a doctor’s appointment or a parent-teacher conference) is allowed per day (if I can help it).
❁ Rocks and pebbles (minor tasks like phone calls, errands, and other everyday obligations) get scattered here and there on the dates when they actually need to get done instead of letting them collect in a big pile that blocks my healthy flow.
❁ And finally, empty space is a valuable thing, and I honor it. I make sure to leave room in between the pebbles, rocks, and boulders for stillness (and sometimes just to catch my breath).
This is just one practical lesson you’ll find in my book, Managing the Motherload, a guide to creating more ease, space, and grace in motherhood by me, meditation guide and mother-of-five, Rebekah Borucki.
Learn more at http://MotherloadBook.com.
Credits:
Written, directed, and narrated by Rebekah Borucki
Original animation by Patricia Battles (https://www.patriciabattles.com)
Additional graphics by Rebekah Borucki
Photography by Justin Borucki (http://borucki.com)
