If we establish strict boundaries without accepting our lack of control, we’ll simply be harried and unhappy in a smaller space. If we go on vacations without cultivating humility, we’ll return to our stress once the bags are unpacked. If we schedule every available minute without acknowledging our own temporariness, we’ll become a slave to the calendar. And if we try to “embrace the mess” without understanding where the mess came from in the first place, we’ll never grow past it.
