An excerpt from my journaling...
December 4th
Lately I’ve been feeling stressed… to the point that I’m getting concerned for my health. I need to do something about it. Here is my idea. I need to relax. I need to have time in my day to truly relax. I’ve been taking time to do relaxing things, but my mind is not relaxing. For example, if I go for a walk, I’m thinking about all of the things I need to get done & I’m planning how I’m going to do it. I need to rest my brain.
One thing I need to do to accomplish that is to feel good about what I’ve done in a day and feel as though it has been enough. I have this constant drain from thinking that I can never do enough. There is so much to do in the world.
I’m going to begin writing what I’ve accomplished each day. Then hopefully I can feel good about letting it be enough and feel as though I can justify relaxing.
So here goes, I hope this is the start of something good.
I can feel good about how I spent the hours of my day yesterday because:
December 4th
Lately I’ve been feeling stressed… to the point that I’m getting concerned for my health. I need to do something about it. Here is my idea. I need to relax. I need to have time in my day to truly relax. I’ve been taking time to do relaxing things, but my mind is not relaxing. For example, if I go for a walk, I’m thinking about all of the things I need to get done & I’m planning how I’m going to do it. I need to rest my brain.
One thing I need to do to accomplish that is to feel good about what I’ve done in a day and feel as though it has been enough. I have this constant drain from thinking that I can never do enough. There is so much to do in the world.
I’m going to begin writing what I’ve accomplished each day. Then hopefully I can feel good about letting it be enough and feel as though I can justify relaxing.
So here goes, I hope this is the start of something good.
I can feel good about how I spent the hours of my day yesterday because:
- I provided a warm comforting home for my family to abide in.
- Our three children went off to school, well-rested, bathed & clean, with smiles on their faces & attitudes ready for learning.
- The laundry pile was maintained to a minimum
- My husband & I were warm & loving
- I worked hard at my job, did my best & kept a cheerful face
- I earned the money needed to pay for our daughter to be on the swim team this month
- We shopped for groceries & bought nutritious food to nourish our family
- I worked on playing Carol of the Bells