66//When the To-Do List Doesn’t Get Done

What happens when the season (or the intentional break) ends…and the list is still there?

In this episode of Catch Your Breath, I’m sharing a personal reflection on a season that didn’t look the way I planned—and what I noticed when I slowed down long enough to look again.

This isn’t an episode about productivity or fixing your to-do list. It’s about perspective. About presence. And about the quiet work that still happens when the visible work doesn’t.

I talk about the moments that filled December for me—driving kids around, opening our home, long conversations, letting go of traditions, releasing guilt, and learning to sit with what was instead of rushing past it.

If you’ve looked at your list and thought, “I didn’t get to what I planned,” this episode is an invitation to pause—and notice what still unfolded.

In this episode, we reflect on:

• When plans don’t match reality
• How perspective shapes how a season feels
• Letting go of guilt around unfinished lists
• Finding peace and presence in ordinary moments
• Why not everything meaningful shows up on paper

One Thing for Today:

Revisit one thing you wrote off as “nothing” and ask yourself what it actually gave you.

Take a breath.

You may have done more than you think.

And, if hiding more Scripture in your heart feels like it should be on your list this December—but it just hasn’t happened—I have something simple for you.

Email the word JOY to [e-mail], and I’ll senda short set of encouraging Scriptures you can come back to when you need them.

xo, Inga