my need to control

Here's what I've done in the last few days: 1) Told my 40-something year old brother to stop behaving the way he is with our father, 2) "Advised' my husband what to do with the VIFF tickets he wasn't using, 3) Directed colleagues about how to do things better, 4) Pouted and moped because I wasn't doing things well enough.

Tomorrow I'm going to let go, step away and see just how well people manage without me telling them how to do things! I'm reminded of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, "And without much ado, we will all mudle through without you!"