Overwhelm affects most women these days whether it has to do with work, family, dating or all three but there is a way to keep your positive attitude and outlook by exercising three simple tips.Now, I said simple, which is not synonymous with easy though practice helps tremendously.Notice I did not say "try." That is a word positive women remove from their vocabulary when they are speaking to both themselves and others.Practice, do it, or anything else that gets you moving will work as long as the t-word is a thing of the negative past.3 Tips to Overcome Overwhelm and Get On With Your Positive Day.Stop talking about it and move on - Have you ever told everyone you know how overwhelmed you are.Separately? You adopt the overwhelm as part of your identity and waste valuable time that could be better invested in getting something off your plate to cure your overwhelm ailment.It's great that women are talkers but positive women watch what they talk ABOUT.Get over it and move on - So, you're overwhelmed.You could stress over it.You could commiserate with friends over it.You could fold under the pressure of it but the fact is, you've been here before and will be again and if you stress over it too much it will adversely affect your health.Realize everyone feels the way you do on occasion and the best thing to do is see the bright side of whatever the overwhelm comes from and let it go.Maybe the bright side is that it won't matter next year, next month or even next week.Take if off your list and move on - A lot of what we find overwhelming are things that should never have been on OUR plate in the first place.When women take responsibility for what belongs to others they sabotage themselves and do the other person a disservice.If there is absolutely no way to get something done that is causing you stress, hand it off, tell someone, stop being a hero and live your life.Other people do it.That's often why we pick up their ball and run with it.Let it roll.Not every ball is supposed to be played.I know there are many articles out there to help you effectively deal with feeling overwhelmed and list ways to do it all or gentle ways to ask for help.Those are good to but sometimes we need to step out of our situation and see it for what it is.We need to use tough love on ourselves and be reminded how valuable positive women like us are and what others have to lose when we load up on too much responsibility.A community of positive women who understand where you're coming from is powerful.Women who will listen, let you know what helped them when they were in your situation and cheer you on as you help yourself.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Positive Women - Dealing With Overwhelm - 3 Simple Tips to Keep You Positive
Overwhelm affects most women these days whether it has to do with work, family, dating or all three but there is a way to keep your positive attitude and outlook by exercising three simple tips.Now, I said simple, which is not synonymous with easy though practice helps tremendously.Notice I did not say "try." That is a word positive women remove from their vocabulary when they are speaking to both themselves and others.Practice, do it, or anything else that gets you moving will work as long as the t-word is a thing of the negative past.3 Tips to Overcome Overwhelm and Get On With Your Positive Day.Stop talking about it and move on - Have you ever told everyone you know how overwhelmed you are.Separately? You adopt the overwhelm as part of your identity and waste valuable time that could be better invested in getting something off your plate to cure your overwhelm ailment.It's great that women are talkers but positive women watch what they talk ABOUT.Get over it and move on - So, you're overwhelmed.You could stress over it.You could commiserate with friends over it.You could fold under the pressure of it but the fact is, you've been here before and will be again and if you stress over it too much it will adversely affect your health.Realize everyone feels the way you do on occasion and the best thing to do is see the bright side of whatever the overwhelm comes from and let it go.Maybe the bright side is that it won't matter next year, next month or even next week.Take if off your list and move on - A lot of what we find overwhelming are things that should never have been on OUR plate in the first place.When women take responsibility for what belongs to others they sabotage themselves and do the other person a disservice.If there is absolutely no way to get something done that is causing you stress, hand it off, tell someone, stop being a hero and live your life.Other people do it.That's often why we pick up their ball and run with it.Let it roll.Not every ball is supposed to be played.I know there are many articles out there to help you effectively deal with feeling overwhelmed and list ways to do it all or gentle ways to ask for help.Those are good to but sometimes we need to step out of our situation and see it for what it is.We need to use tough love on ourselves and be reminded how valuable positive women like us are and what others have to lose when we load up on too much responsibility.A community of positive women who understand where you're coming from is powerful.Women who will listen, let you know what helped them when they were in your situation and cheer you on as you help yourself.
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