Do you ever feel like you are suffocating at the very thought of trying to get everything done that you need to?\u00a0 Yeah, I pretty much feel like that every day of my life I have decided.\u00a0 And yeah, yeah, I know, try to delegate more and say yes to less and cut out the things that are not absolutely necessary\u2026.I get all of that and I am trying to do better at all of those things\u2026but I am clearly not doing very good at it because the moment I try to cut something out or say no to something I immediately find myself with fifty more things that want my time or attention, and I get caught in the trap of thinking \u201cwell I just said no to this one thing so now I have time to say yes to this thing\u201d\u2026.which is messed up because I end up cutting out one thing only to add two more in its place.\u00a0 So if I am failing in any area of my life this is it \u2013 I have got to figure out how to keep my life from getting so overwhelming with things I have to get done that I end up stressed out way too often and I end up never enjoying the moments I am in because I am always too worried about the other fifty things I still haven\u2019t done yet.<\/p>\n
They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem, so this is me openly admitting I have a problem.\u00a0 And now I have to try and work on it, but the sad part is I think I have recognized my problem for years and I have been trying to get better at it for years, yet I never seem to improve all that much in this area.\u00a0 Nonetheless, I refuse to stop trying to improve at it, because I can\u2019t fix anything I am not focused on fixing, right?\u00a0 So focus on it I will!<\/p>\n
Tonight I have started the new mantra \u201cJust take it one day at a time\u2026do the best you can do to finish as much as possible and then be done with the day.\u201d\u00a0 I literally have to say that to myself over and over again so I don\u2019t lose my mind stressing over what I didn\u2019t get done.\u00a0 I have to force myself to focus only on the things I have to finish today and not allow myself to think about tomorrow, because if I think about tomorrow that is when the suffocating panic attacks start \u2013 okay, not really, but dang close!. \u00a0Actually it\u2019s more like that feeling of when you are scuba diving way down low and you look up at the surface of the water 50 feet above your head and suddenly realize that if you had to access a breath of air there would literally be no way you could make it to the top in time \u2013 it\u2019s more like that feeling!<\/p>\n
Okay, so now you have my confessional for today on where I am not doing so good\u2026to recap:\u00a0 I need to do better at saying no more often.\u00a0 I need to do better at not letting my entire day get booked with appointments because doing that leaves no room for the last minute things that inevitably crop up and have to get done in a day.\u00a0 I need to do better at not focusing on tomorrow\u2019s tasks and just staying focused on the things I can do today so I don\u2019t get so overwhelmed and stressed out.\u00a0 I need to do better at figuring out what is the priorities that have to happen and what will just have to wait.\u00a0\u00a0 I need to do better at not feeling guilty when I have to tell someone no or that I don\u2019t have time\u2026that is the hardest for me but I absolutely need to get better at that if I am going to fix the problem.\u00a0 So yeah, those are the things I am going to work on.\u00a0 I will hurry and add all of those to my to do list \ud83d\ude42 -jk<\/p>\n
For all of you who suffer from the same weakness as me I say \u201cYAY! I am not in this alone!\u201d\u00a0 Maybe we can start our own little support group of Overcommitted Anonymous\u2026except I don\u2019t really get to be anonymous now do I?\u00a0 Shucks!\u00a0 Oh well, we can call it Overcommitted And Not-So-Anonymous then!<\/p>\n
Have a great day tomorrow, and remember \u201cJust take it one day at a time!\u201d<\/p>\n
~Amy<\/p>\n
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