Make My Life Simple by Rachel Balducci

Author:Rachel Balducci
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
Published: 2018-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

take care of business

Be true to your teeth and they won’t be false to you.

— Soupy Sales

The tough thing about being a grown-up is how, generally, no one forces us to do things we don’t want to do. When it comes down to the things we “need” to do, it’s mind over matter. Paying the water bill is easy because we need water. We are motivated by the joy and beauty of running water in the home. This might seem like a strange thing to take note of (who doesn’t pay their water bill?!) — but there are people out there who get too busy or distracted or frenzied to pay the water bill. True story: When I was a young mama with a Suburban-load of toddlers and babies, I thought the kind people at the utilities department would take into consideration that I was completely overwhelmed: I didn’t pay last month because I had too many other things to do. And you’ve sent me this bill with a giant piece of orange paper included, but I know you know that I’m actually a nice, cute person who will totally pay this bill when I feel like it.

When people don’t get their money, stuff gets turned off. It’s a mathematical equation called “Being A Grown-Up,” and it’s a quick and painful one to learn.

We can get away with avoiding other areas of our life. Like a mammogram, or going to the dentist.

I put off going to the dentist for many years because for some dumb reason I thought that pregnant women can’t get their teeth cleaned. If I had stopped to think, I would have figured out how crazy that is. When I finally sat in the chair after back-to-back-to-back babies, I was in bad shape. Instead of taking care of myself with regular cleanings, I had let a few years go by, and there was work to be done. That turned going to the dentist into a scary, mind-over-matter event, because instead of a fun-filled cleaning it was the less fun, face-numbing drilling.

Not taking care of what we should take care of costs us something. I guarantee you, the more time I spent putting off taking care of things — my water bill, getting my teeth cleaned, dealing with paperwork around the house — the less peace I had. I knew I was out of order, and changing that behavior took some real effort.

My mom has had breast cancer twice. This information never bothered me personally; it’s always been more about the suffering she has endured as a result. But a few years ago, my life was out of order in the stress department, and when it came time for my annual exam I found myself barely able to function. Suddenly, because I was so depleted emotionally from all the other things I had going on, my sensory nervous system decided that going to see my doctor was the most dangerous, scary thing in the world. I checked in, and the nurse was concerned by my blood pressure.

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