
Slow Down or life will find a way to slow you down
I don’t want to go into too much detail, but last week my husband had a health, which made me think about stress and the affects it has and what it feels like.
I came up with the list below, if you can think of anymore ways to describe stress, please leave a comment, as I am trying to put together a poem about it.
Short of breath
Sweat
No time
Rushing
Not paying attention to details
Headache
Tight
Overwhelmed
Too much
Not thinking things through
Quickly
Overlooking things
Trying to cope
Frowning
Crying
No sleep
I was also trying to think of what it feels like to de-stress and the feelings I have when I am not stressed. I created the list below. Again, if you can think of anything to add, please comment.
Calm
Deep breaths
Smiling
Warm feeling
Butterflies
Taking in the moment
Feet up
Noticing things: like taste, smell, touch etc.
Having time spare
Being outdoors
Slow
Creating this list has made me realise that I can’t think of many things of how it feels like not to be stressed.
I am setting myself the challenge to de-stress more often, to take a deeper breath more often, to slow down the moment. Even at work I realised today that if I just stop, take a deep breath and think about the situation, it will work out better.
I made time this morning to have a coffee before I went into lessons, because there is no need to rush around, I have time and even if I am two minutes late the world doesn’t end.
A few weeks ago I read the following somewhere: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Will the problem that is presenting itself to you, still affect you in five years? If the answer is no, then there is no point to get stressed over it.