Overwhelmed



Sometimes I find myself wanting to run and hide.  Or wanting to crawl in bed and pull the covers up over my head.

Today was one of those days.  My brain was telling me that people needed more from me than I was able to give.  It was telling me that I was behind in all the things, and that every day I fall a little further behind.  It told me that it's impossible to make time for the things I want to do, because I don't seem to be in control of my time.

I got stuck for a bit in a cycle of overwhelm, and it felt terrible.  When I'm feeling overwhelmed I want to turn off my brain and hide from life.  The problem with that, of course, is that I will then be further behind in all the things, and for sure NOT be making time for the things I want to do.

Luckily, I realized what was going on before the cycle got too out of control.  Then I remembered this:   Overwhelm is completely optional!

Do you know what I decided to do?  Stop believing the thoughts that were making me feel overwhelmed.  That's it.  I just decided to stop it.

I reminded myself that what I have to give is enough.  I'm exactly who I am supposed to be right now. I'm not behind.  I'm right where I'm supposed to be.  The things I'm doing are exactly the things I have chosen to do.  And if I want to do something different, I can choose that tomorrow.

Because I have years of practice at choosing my thoughts, it really wasn't very hard to pull myself out of overwhelm.  But it definitely took an intentional effort to do so.

I sure am glad I did!  Tonight I will crawl in bed feeling good about the things I chose to do today, and looking forward to tomorrow.


Christi





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