Without going into extreme detail, I’m a little stressed right now. Mentally, physically, financially, (aren’t we all?), spiritually… just stressed across the board. As I try to go about my day in the back of my mind I have a never ending “to do” list, which includes non-to-do list stuff like reading, in addition to ’email this person, call that person, create this, edit that’, (lots of stuff in the works). It’s overwhelming.
We’ve all been there and if you haven’t… it’s coming. I never thought at 26 I’d feel this way, like at all. My ideal twenties went something like this: graduate college, move to NYC, get a job at Chanel. There was no plan B. Ironically, I’m now on plan D.
But that’s ok.
A lot of people will tell you you have to struggle before you’re successful. I don’t believe in struggle, I believe in strategy and right now my strategy needs some TLC and maybe yours does, too.
Much of the stress we experience is our own doing. We get this notion in our heads we need to work harder, struggle, sleep less, stress, repeat. I tend to not be on my laptop as much on the weekends and I feel guilty. Guilty! I feel totally unproductive because there’s stuff I could be doing, but I’m not. In my mind I’m not allowed to relax until I’ve “arrived”… and that’s crap.
Just like we put expectations on other people, we hold ourselves to an even higher standard, and when those expectations aren’t met, we stress. And when we stress we’re nowhere near our highest potential to create that killer strategy that’s going to take us to the next level.
More often than not a break is just what we need. Relax. Be kind to yourself. You’ll “arrive” in due time. It’s all happening so there’s no need to stress about something that is already guaranteed. When you have that mentality, you will be ok, and so will I.
How do you deal with stress? Tell me below.
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