Today was a gorgeous day weather wise, the first warm day we've had in a long, long time. Our winter has been incredibly long, grey, wet and cold and it's a time when I never get enough vitamin D.
When I woke up this morning and saw all that sunshine, there was only one thing I felt like doing and that was get out into the garden and tackle some of the weeds that still managed to grow without sunshine during the cold months. It felt soooo good to get my hands in the soil again, to breathe in fresh air, to be totally absorbed in something I love without any distractions.
We have had school holidays here for the past two weeks so there has been a little bit of respite from the normal routine which I hate so much. Deadlines, schedules, demands, have to do this, must do that. The absence of the stresses of the normal routine have made me realise just how much I don't do routines. Well I do them, but not well. Routines cause me stress and stress contributes to depression.
With Miss G. on school holidays, she's not as stressed either. It's surprising to realise just how much of her stress filters through to me. I suppose that's because she chats to me about her homework deadlines, difficulties with certain subjects etc. So how do I learn not take the stress of everybody else on board. I don't know.
Does anybody else struggle with this? I'd love to hear about your strategies.
Wishing you a stress free Sunday.
Anne
I don't do routines really well either but rather wish I still had more in place because it would be good to keep on top of things more. However, I have learned to work with the philosophy that all things will eventually get done and also still benefit from my old habit of cleaning up something if it annoys me rather than waiting for a specfic time. Cherrie
ReplyDeleteWish I could help with some strategies, I could do with some myself.
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