Opt Out On Stress

We can have bad days. We can have bad weeks. Sometimes life gets really dark. A dear loved one may pass away, you may have to go through a terrible break up, or God forbid, a divorce. You may get devastating news. Sometimes, our goals have to shift.

 

But let me say this, really think about if the bad thing(s) that has happened is worth you giving up making yourself a priority. Sometimes it will be, a health problem, a sick child, etc. But sometimes, like in the case of a break up, you deserve, more than ever, to be number one. You deserve to keep persevering through your goals even though it can seem impossible. Everything is possible, you just have to accept that you are strong and worthy.

 

As I am sure you know by now, I have (MANY TIMES) robbed myself of clarity and focus because I allowed my mind to be preoccupied with unnecessary stress and worry (usually over finances). I am, in addition to my character challenge, trying to master a Zen mind. This spills over into perseverance, because without a clear mind you cannot focus and you cannot be successful in your daily tasks. Recently, my check engine light came on… normal people probably don’t flip out about those kinds of things. Well, I would have. I probably would have gotten myself SO worked up over the POSSIBILITY that something “expensive” could be wrong that I would cry from stress, eat from stress, scream at other people over my stress. I opted to take deep breaths, empty my mind. In this, I realized, it happens, things break, you have to pay to fix them. It’s money, it comes and it goes.

 

Don’t put yourself in positions of stress, if you can help it. Remove yourself from stressful environments and relationships. If you are serious about your goals, this will be somewhat easy for you. Let go of the actions of others. Do not worry yourself over the future. Do not stress yourself out about things you cannot control. You can control your mind, your attitude, the work you put into your task at hand.


Thanks for being here,