Hi there! Coming to you from brutally hot Texas! We did have a cool down over the weekend but this week is supposed to be as bad as the last few have been. Well, why not, they are going to start tearing up the street outside our neighborhood and school is starting so it seems appropriate.
Things have been busy here. I have been working on my anxiety journal and the to do list that goes along with it. I didn’t learn this from any place or anybody, I was just trying to figure out a way to get a grip on my crippling anxiety. So, I am writing and I am doing and I am talking a lot to myself. I seem better.
A very wise woman — JLSHall, my cousin and the family matriarch — said to me of my anxiety “it is her observation that most anxiety is caused by other people and their expectation of you”. And she is right — so in dealing with my anxiety I have come to realize that it isn’t what others are doing to create MY anxiety but rather MY reaction to what they are doing and what they expect. So, I am working to adjust my reactions. So far, I am having some success.
And, in regards to the accompanying to-do list with my anxiety journal I have a discovered that I procrastinate mostly over the things that take 5 minutes or less to accomplish. So, each day I am breaking my list up into 5 minute increments — do what I can in five or maybe 10 minutes, take a break and then continue on in like fashion. I told myself last night —that desk didn’t get piled up in a day and it isn’t going to get clean in a day so make a start, then make another start and before you know it, it will be done. It makes sense to me and seems to be working so I am just going to keep on keeping on.
Hubs has been seeing the vestibular therapist to try to get his balance back. It seems to be helping but some of the exercises seem to be hurting his sore hip — an old dance injury he likes to tell people — long story. But we have been going to therapy twice a week and he seems to not be quite so apt to fall over so that is good. He isn’t taking Dramamine with any regularity now so I think he might be on the road to recovery. I never thought I would see him turn into a hypochondriac though yet here we are. I just keep talking to myself!!!
So, I am off to tackle my desk and my morning routine so see you soon!
2 comments:
I'm impressed with your conclusions and am in total agreement. We place demands on ourselves and it's up to us to limit the stress. ( Sometimes easier said than done). All we can do is keep trying.
Hi Granny! Yes, you are right and I am keeping on. I am also learning to cut myself some slack — if I am tired or in pain just give myself permission to rest — sometimes I think we are our own worst enemy.
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