La La Land Mommy: I Took A Mental Day
Friday I just basically gave up on getting anything done besides anything I absolutely had to do. Why you ask? Well I just felt completely overwhelmed. I have been hunting for a job. It has been nine years since my last official job outside of my blog. So you can imagine how scary it is to fill out applications and prepare to go on interviews again. At this point I have heard more no’s than I can handle. Then I have some personal things I am dealing with. I promised The Husband I wouldn’t share it on the blog so that’s why I’m not being too specific. No it isn’t marriage stuff but yeah it is a doozy. Anyway Friday it just came all crashing down and I found myself in a mess of tears. I was just so frustrated and it felt like things just wasn’t going my way. So after attempting to fill out applications, writing a blog post, and a good cry I just said forget it. I set everything aside and decided to just take a day. When I take a mental day I may just lay around, read a book, and sometimes catch up on some other tasks that are not working my nerves. It’s weird but sometimes cleaning can calm me down. At first I felt bad for not getting anything done. But then I realized it was worse to force myself to do something I just wasn’t feeling and then not do it to the best of my abilities. I basically just needed to step away from everything especially if it was bringing me to the brink of tears. I feel better today. I wound up just taking the entire weekend. I spent time with my kids and The Husband. I just decided not to worry about everything and that things will work themselves out and if they don’t it isn’t the end of the world. When I sat down at the computer today I felt so much better. I just forced myself not to think about everything going on. Well I tried not to think about it. I thought about it a little bit but I didn’t try to do any work. I just felt guilty for not doing it. But I know stepping away was for the best.
What do you do when you get overwhelmed?
I do almost exactly the same thing. That or I find something totally mindless to do (sometimes that’s even just basic chores). Good luck and it’ll all work out!