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This was actually from a couple days ago. The kids and I had SO much to accomplish and so much running around to do (including fun activities for them, too… in case you thought I was dragging them all over town just for mom’s boring errands!).

I notice that the more we have to do, and the tighter the schedule needs to be, the more resistance my charming little boy puts up! He moves to the beat of his own drummer! I’m perfectly aware that this is his current method of getting the biggest reaction out of his entire family! (That, and doing these really hilarious dance moves throughout the house while stark naked! I digress.)

Anyhow, this “rebellious” streak of his drives his sister insane, leading to some sibling ‘challenges’… to say the least! I didn’t feel like having a stressful day of rushing that was full of anxiety for all of us. I thought I’d approach things differently from the start. Instead of “barking” out commands and countdowns all day, I simply started the day by talking about how we’re all on the same TEAM.

We talked about working together, supporting each other’s efforts and focusing our energy and momentum in the same direction in order to: 1) enjoy each other more, and 2) accomplish all the things we wanted to that day.

If anything appeared to be getting off track at any point, I gently reminded them that great teams are able to overcome personal differences in order to lift the team up. We talked about how our family is the most important team we’ll ever be on.

It worked out really well. It was just a small, fun shift in their thinking that helped us all have more fun as we were keeping on schedule.

Tags: anxiety, attitude, happiness, positive, stress, team work