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Thanks for welcoming me into your Inbox this fortnight. I must say you've got a very comfy, cosy, little spot here. If you don't mind, I'll just sit here and chat with you for a couple of minutes. You can catch up on Take a Bite and I can steal a few minutes break in MY day as well.
Managing
How do you manage in those times when life seems to be storming by and your weeks seem full to overflowing?
That's what's been happening for me recently. I went away for a week and boy did I pay!
Not only did my time away create work but so did my empty office back home create work. It felt like I had bitten off more than I could chew.
Techniques
I'm sure your techniques are like mine when that overwhelmed feeling comes washing in, like those awful tidal waves, or even worse those tsunamis!
At first, it's complete paralysis, then it's the "I wanna run away!" wail, then it's tempting to just put your head under the doona and pretend it 'ain't happenin'.
After that, the desire to survive and manage starts to kick in and the list-writing happens! At least from there you can make some choices of which bits of the impossible you'll attempt to superman/superwoman your way through!
Even better, then you can decide what can conveniently drop off the list and quietly settle into the rubbish bin or the never-get-done file!
All that is, of course, is managing. Hanging in there. Coping!
Breakthrough (well kind of)
But I'm proud to say last weekend I took action. Knowing I had a zillion things to do and that there was plenty I could do to catch up, I decided not to venture over the doorstep of the office. (Now when your office is opposite your bedroom door, that's not easy! It sees you every time you walk past and yells pitifully for your attention. It even squeals at you in frustration that you're not listening!)
But when you've spent the weekend ignoring the squeals and instead did nurturing, relaxing, unwinding things, Monday morning's to-do list is a whole lot easier to face, manage, and strip back to the essentials.
What About YOU?
So as you manage the constant juggle of too many tasks in your life, what are you going to allow to slip into the never-get-done file? How will you let go of anxiety about doing that?
What active steps have you taken recently to just be? To just look after you? How did they feel?
What? You haven't done that recently? So WHEN WILL you?
Why on earth haven't you? What destructive voice in your head is telling you that you MUST do ___ or ___? Who gave that voice such authority? Who can take the authority away?
Aha! YOU can! So when will you?
I'm glad to hear it!
Lately on Pink Apple's Take A Bite Blog
If you haven't visited Take A Bite's blog recently then you missed:
- Pink Apple musing about being distant from home and love.
- Some Rapid Fire learning in April where Pink Apple made some discoveries. Discoveries about plunging in, how negative comparisons are all relative and how sometimes you can forget to breathe (see above).
- And finally there was a report of the Energy Boosters for Your Success Zing-By-Phone call!
Watch out for notice of the next call, coming soon.
In the meantime, our quote for your contemplation:
"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do;
the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it." Mary Wilson Little
Thanks for offering me such a comfy seat and a cosy chat in your Inbox.
See you soon. Chris
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