Don’t push it

Okay… Super honesty time. I’ve been feeling pretty overwhelmed recently. Who isn’t though, am I right? The thing is, there comes a point where we physically and mentally burn ourselves out, and just need a moment to decompress, and do a self evaluation. Listen to your mind and your body. What are you in need of? What are you trying to accomplish? What’s holding you back? We often expect SO much of ourselves and leave little to no room for learning opportunities (AKA mistakes), and then beat ourselves up when small things go south. Yes, we are capable beings, and are full of nothing but potential-- but we are only human after all.

The other day, I was having a slight anxiety attack when I started thinking of all of the tasks that I needed to do over the weekend and I just started taking it out on myself. I didn't allow myself to slow down and think rationally about it, I just jumped to conclusion and started to let it affect me in a negative way. So I went to the gym, which is not my favorite thing in the world, but hey it was ME time-- Anyways, I isolated myself from everyone else, blasted my music, started jumping rope, and really started to break a sweat. Suddenly, 30 mins went by, I’m trying to catch my breath, I'm feeling good, and my head was miraculously cleared. I left the gym with a plan, and knew not only what I needed, but what I wanted, and that’s more than I could have even asked for. 

My point of that story is-- Don’t sweat the small shit, and Don’t Push it. The “It” being yourself and the limit it takes to reach your breaking point. Take 5 or 10 mins, do something you love, or maybe even something you don’t love, clear your head, and I promise you, everything will fall into place. There’s going to be bad days, and there’s going to be Great days. It doesn’t matter how the day is though. What matters is how you choose to deal with it. Only YOU have control of the situation, and only YOU have the power to either let it affect you, or to not. Don’t push it.

Xoxo