Found this video this morning.... makes a great start for a positive, fulfilling day!
Enjoy!
Here's to continuing the Journey.... choosing inspiring words to live by....
-Becky
Life is a journey. We may never reach "perfection", but it doesn't matter. The process - the Journey - and how we live our lives day-to-day - that is what matters! Striving to live with intention, passion and open-hearted awareness, I share tips, tools, techniques, and motivational materials along the way. I hope you'll join me in the Journey....
Showing posts with label moving forward. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moving forward. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Fast Way to Get Out of Overwhelm
Overwhelm is one of my favorite self-sabotage techniques. And I can get there pretty quickly.
It happens most often when I get side-tracked - as I discovered again this morning!
I woke up this morning with a brilliant idea for a product tumbling around in my head. While having coffee I mapped out plans for it, then went back to my office to get started.
About 15 or so minutes into it I wanted to incorporate some ideas I'd written out from a teleclass I'd listened to a few days before... but I couldn't find my notes about it. (Yeah... I know, that organization thing... it needs work too!)
So... I thought I'd just look quickly online to see if I could find something similar....
An hour and a half later, making myself close the web-brower...... I was completely overwhelmed and the drive to get this project done had dissipated.
It didn't seem important now. And actually NOTHING seemed important.
But, luckily, I still had at least some wits about me.... Instead of taking a regroup nap (after all, it was only 7:30 in the morning!)... I decided to take a shower and regroup.
That helped me get some perspective and got me out of the overwhelm mindset/feeling - (it's the old actions-change-feelings "trick").
After the shower I wrote down the answers to this question: "What's most important for moving forward today?" (And yes, writing a blog post was on the list :) - also interestingly, the product idea did not make the "A" list for today.)
What DID make the "A" list were things I'd been putting off that really needed to get done and had deadlines this week. (Okay, yes, I admit.... getting organized was on the "A" list. I've been putting it off a long time.... and now things are getting backlogged because of it.)
So - long story short - the fastest way I know to get out of overwhelm is to do that thing you've been putting off that really needs to be done!
Usually the putting-off-of-it is much more time and effort consuming than the doing-of-it!
AND you feel so relieved and have a much lightened energy about your when it's over.
At least it did for me. :)
How about you?
Here's to continuing the Journey.... getting overwhelmed..... and learning to get out and back on track quickly....
-Becky
It happens most often when I get side-tracked - as I discovered again this morning!
I woke up this morning with a brilliant idea for a product tumbling around in my head. While having coffee I mapped out plans for it, then went back to my office to get started.
About 15 or so minutes into it I wanted to incorporate some ideas I'd written out from a teleclass I'd listened to a few days before... but I couldn't find my notes about it. (Yeah... I know, that organization thing... it needs work too!)
So... I thought I'd just look quickly online to see if I could find something similar....
An hour and a half later, making myself close the web-brower...... I was completely overwhelmed and the drive to get this project done had dissipated.
It didn't seem important now. And actually NOTHING seemed important.
But, luckily, I still had at least some wits about me.... Instead of taking a regroup nap (after all, it was only 7:30 in the morning!)... I decided to take a shower and regroup.
That helped me get some perspective and got me out of the overwhelm mindset/feeling - (it's the old actions-change-feelings "trick").
After the shower I wrote down the answers to this question: "What's most important for moving forward today?" (And yes, writing a blog post was on the list :) - also interestingly, the product idea did not make the "A" list for today.)
What DID make the "A" list were things I'd been putting off that really needed to get done and had deadlines this week. (Okay, yes, I admit.... getting organized was on the "A" list. I've been putting it off a long time.... and now things are getting backlogged because of it.)
So - long story short - the fastest way I know to get out of overwhelm is to do that thing you've been putting off that really needs to be done!
Usually the putting-off-of-it is much more time and effort consuming than the doing-of-it!
AND you feel so relieved and have a much lightened energy about your when it's over.
At least it did for me. :)
How about you?
Here's to continuing the Journey.... getting overwhelmed..... and learning to get out and back on track quickly....
-Becky
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Best Laid Plans....
Okay... I have to admit temporary defeat....
I was really excited about getting my new CD out (Soul Meditations)... but I ran into some technical difficulties I couldn't handle myself. So I had to ask for help!
And that brings up other people's schedules and other people's lives, and....
So it's probably safe to say that the CD will not be ready until mid-August. But that's okay. It feels a little more relaxed than trying to have it ready by this coming Monday - even for me! :)
To get to this place though, I had to give myself "a talking to"....
It's been one of those blah-blah-icky days where I couldn't seem to get myself motivated to do much beyond what absolutely needed to be done.
So, I went out to the pavillion in my backyard - my outdoor "sanctuary" - and sat myself down and said, "HEY! What's going on??"
First of all, I didn't know exactly how I felt besides "yuck." And I knew I needed a little more to go on to get to the bottom of this, so I asked myself, "What ARE you feeling?" and started making a list...
So I asked, "What can I do that would make me feel better about this, and feel more in control?"
Here's to continuing the Journey... making plans, course-correcting as needed... getting feelings out on the table... and moving forward!
-Becky
I was really excited about getting my new CD out (Soul Meditations)... but I ran into some technical difficulties I couldn't handle myself. So I had to ask for help!
And that brings up other people's schedules and other people's lives, and....
So it's probably safe to say that the CD will not be ready until mid-August. But that's okay. It feels a little more relaxed than trying to have it ready by this coming Monday - even for me! :)
To get to this place though, I had to give myself "a talking to"....
It's been one of those blah-blah-icky days where I couldn't seem to get myself motivated to do much beyond what absolutely needed to be done.
So, I went out to the pavillion in my backyard - my outdoor "sanctuary" - and sat myself down and said, "HEY! What's going on??"
First of all, I didn't know exactly how I felt besides "yuck." And I knew I needed a little more to go on to get to the bottom of this, so I asked myself, "What ARE you feeling?" and started making a list...
- lethartic
- concerned about $
- nervous/apprehensive about tonight's meetup
- unsure what to do about the CD launch - still waiting to hear back from helpers
So I asked, "What can I do that would make me feel better about this, and feel more in control?"
- go ahead and change the launch date to mid-August on my website
- let everybody know about the change in plans
Here's to continuing the Journey... making plans, course-correcting as needed... getting feelings out on the table... and moving forward!
-Becky
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