One Bite at a Time

Is overwhelmed the same as anxious?  Cause this is an emotion that is way too familiar to me.  It may not even be a faraway goal.  Lots of my overwhelming comes from little things like do I want to go to the store.  And the really big goals, are, what's for dinner?  So these are great words to talk myself off the ledge, "I have it within me".  Is there a common stressor?  And why are things such a big deal?  Who really gives a crap if I go to the store or not...it's not life or death.  Unless you're hoping for "death by chocolate"!

I'm trying to navigate the what causes and the why do I get so anxious?  What is so fearful and why do I get frozen in time? 

This quote came at the perfect time.  It's been a fruitful but painful week, and I'm left feeling as though I am not capable of caring for myself.  Cooked a whopping two meals and my pain level is just below shoot me.  I hate a messy kitchen, yet there is no chance that I can both cook and clean in the same 24 hour period.  It's hard because I love to cook and derive great joy out of creating some spicy new dish, but this morning I'm faced with a counter and two sinks full of dishes.  Not a pretty sight.

All this to remind myself that goals can be as faraway as half an hour and I still "have it within me".  Step back, breathe and remember Rome wasn't built in a day and healing takes time.