Anxiously Overwhelmed

We work all day, get off, and come home. When we get home, we began to work all over again. Once we get home, we prepare dinner, help with homework, get them cleaned and then attempt to give them some one on one time or allow them to watch TV. The anxiety starts as soon as you get up in the morning. You have to wake them up to get ready, while trying to get ready yourself. In the midst of getting them up, the attitudes start rolling in. Everybody is tired!! You proceed with your daily routine, just to barely make it out the door on time. Then you go to work all day, get off and began to work all over again. When they have activities they are apart of, you have to do that too. You are doing all these things, while being so tired! But, you can’t quit because they depend on you. Sometimes you are grumpy and may come off rude, but you are simply just tired! You have to have down time for yourself, but when?! You are so tired from your daily duties, that you crash as soon as it’s time to do so. Sometimes, before you even realize it. But, life goes on. You talk on the phone, surf the web, attempt to watch TV, read a book, read the Bible, study, give your significant other time, if that applies all while being tired! You are anxious 24/7 because you have a routine that’s created and needs to be maintained, in order to have some type of organization.

You can’t wait for the weekend..... oh but the weekend isn’t too much relaxing because you still have things to get done that you were too tired during the week to do. You have to run errands to places you are unable to do because you are at work. You have to do laundry, clean up, still prepare a meal and actually one more than you usually would, lunch. When do you relax? You have a responsibility to maintain a life for yourself, your kids, and significant other, if it applies. Oh and let’s not forget the family members that may be dependent on you too.

Life still needs to happen no matter how you are feeling. Everyone says, take a vacation and enjoy yourself or just take sometime to yourself. You plan to do it all, but you still worry. You Worry if life is happening appropriately for those who depend on you while you’re spending some alone time.

Can anyone resonate with this?! I’m not ashamed to say, I can. The thought of this gets me a little anxious. Oh but then, there was Covid-19. It happened to us, it happened to America, it’s still happening. Covid-19 made the world slow down and eventually stop. However, that created some anxiety too. Now, you go to work all day and come home just to be a teacher to your children. The anxiety is still there. We are all so anxiously overwhelmed with life. If you are not, blessings to you.

Although we all experience some of the same challenges or life stressors, we all handle them differently! If you don’t handle it, it will handle you! What do you do to calm that anxious feeling? How do you regulate what you’re feeling and what your family is experiencing? Let me just say, YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Sometimes that’s all we need is to know someone feels where we are coming from and have experienced the things we have.

I’ll be the first to say, I’m anxious quite a bit. But, I welcome it and embrace it. To be anxious teaches you, you are an overcomer. It teaches you more ways to relax, how to set boundaries, honesty, and how to increase your drive to take better care of yourself. Meaning, setting sometime out for yourself. Self care is the best care. How will you do it? What if you don’t have a lot of time to devote to yourself? The word of the day is SACRIFICE! You have to be willing to sacrifice a little for what could potentially be a lot. Here are a few suggestions: wake up earlier than everyone else. Listen to your favorite music, set small achievable goals. If you choose to set goals, make sure you annotate them and check them off when they are complete. It’s a good feeling to see what you have accomplished, resulting in a increased good mood. Reflect on good positive things, mediate, and have your coffee or breakfast alone in a quiet place. Those are just a few ideas for early morning devoted time for yourself. If that’s not feasible, stay up later than everyone else. Have a glass a wine, listen to your favorite music, watch your favorite TV show/movie, read a book, workout, bubble bath, meditate, or write in a journal.

Sacrifice is the key to success in all aspects of your life. Embrace where you are, reach out to someone, engage in self-care, and learn to slow down, take some deep breaths, and keep moving towards the finish line.

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