spread thinly

Both my Dad and boyfriend are heavy handed with the butter - they both liberally smear the toast with most of a block of butter. It's one of the things I love about them both (though I often remove some of the excess before eating so I can actually taste some of the toast beneath). To me it's indicative of their generosity :)
Me, I'm more of a thin scraping kind of girl - just enough. I wouldn't say that means I'm not generous, but I do notice that sometimes I spread myself around thinly when I might be better having a big dollop of me all in the one place.
Maybe it's just with Christian Aid Week coming up and I'm run ragged trying to get everything sorted on top of what is already a hectic life. Maybe it's that I've had enough of being shouted at this week instead of appreciated for doing my best.
There's a bank holiday on the horizon and the morning is so far clear. I think I will try and keep it that way.