Today I feel good! I've made progress! It's amazing how completing something makes me feel good, happy, excited and energetic. I do have to be careful because this can lead to me overdoing things and becoming exhausted!
Progress is a good thing, when it's linked to goals!
Completing goals is a huge boost to your wellbeing!
I keep thinking about a gentleman that I know. He has dreams. But he has no goals on making those dreams a reality, so sooner or later his depression is going to hit him again, because of regrets. Regrets have a nasty habit of ushering in depression. I am saddened by this mans current outlook on life. It could be so much better for him.
I have found that having reminders in my calendar helps me so much, because then I can click done and at the end of the day my calendar says that I've completed however many reminders! That is a good feeling!
Procrastination, I have found also seems to lead to regrets and depression! "Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow!" isn't exactly the way to do things!
Often times life is living on a knife edge. It's a delicate balance! I know that I could so easily slip into depression, which leads (for me) to procrastination, regrets, more depression and then suicide ideation. Not a nice path. This is why I celebrate my small successes and my progress! Because I am recognising that I am moving towards my long held dream and slowly making it reality!
What about you? DO you have a long held dream that you'd like to make into a reality? If you need help doing this then I suggest you stop by here and make an appointment to see me!
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Saturday, 21 October 2017
The Last Few Months... STRESS!!!!
What a challenge these last few months have been. I've been stressed out of my skull! (Yes, even counsellors get stressed out!!)
I've had my father move in, started a Micro Business Management course, registered my business name (now Sanctuary Counselling is formally known as Sanctuary Counselling and Consultancy), registered a domain name, set up a client booking thing, filled in an application to go to Uni, re-written my business plan for the umpteenth time, helped (in an ongoing manner) an organisation get itself started, being a PA for another lady, and decided that weight loss is a good idea!
When it's all written down like that it doesn't sound like much, but my father has been one stress after another!
Getting my business name was a stressful day - I originally just wanted Sanctuary Counseling, but that was taken. The consultancy part is something I wanted to add in a few years time! But, it seems that plans change! I still cant believe that it took half a day to get it sorted out!
My domain name was a near crisis too, that is if it wasn't for Ferdi at HostPapa! I'm not even looking at building my website just yet! I'm still yet to work out how to get and email address sorted!
My client booking thing has taken several days and several headaches to get my head around!
In all of this I began to wonder what I was doing! Where did my self care go and why was I so stressed? At my course, we talked about stress and I had the opportunity to speak about the physiological issues it causes, elevated heart rate and blood pressure, stress hormones that are just down right nasty, among other things, we talked about recognising the signs and symptoms of stress, managing stress and different techniques that one can use to manage and reduce stress... Yet, here I was in the midst of all that I was doing feeling and ignoring the very things I myself had spoken about!
Ok, it's time for a change...
So, myself and two other board members of GINC Inc. have made a contract. An Exercise and Lifestyle Wellbeing Contract! It's a doozy! But we decided to do it because some of us what to loose weight, save money, reduce smoking, and a few other things!
When we prove to ourselves that it is doable (which I believe it is), then it will be on offer when Sanctuary Counselling and Consultancy and GINC Inc. begin our Women's Empowerment Group in January!
I'm looking at what we have to do to get that organised, and my first thought was "more stress"!!
However, I have a plan to tackle my stress! I've been spending the last few days rewriting it!
And that's the point. When life gets too much, one has to take a step back and have a good look at why you're stressed.
Did I take on too much? No, I just wasn't fully prepared for it! And it's not too late to re-evaluate our lives! Taking one day at a time helps too!
When I asked myself why I was stressed out of my skull, (elevated heart rate, higher than usual blood pressure, sleepless nights, added anxiety, irritability...) I discovered that it was due to neglecting my self-care plan! (That was "smart"!)
I am pleased to report that I'm getting back on track, and I've been to see my doctor, who is also supporting the changes I've made, after readjusting my self-care plan!
It can be done. Stress can be reduced.
If you need help reducing your stress levels, please click here to make a booking to see me! :)
I've had my father move in, started a Micro Business Management course, registered my business name (now Sanctuary Counselling is formally known as Sanctuary Counselling and Consultancy), registered a domain name, set up a client booking thing, filled in an application to go to Uni, re-written my business plan for the umpteenth time, helped (in an ongoing manner) an organisation get itself started, being a PA for another lady, and decided that weight loss is a good idea!
When it's all written down like that it doesn't sound like much, but my father has been one stress after another!
Getting my business name was a stressful day - I originally just wanted Sanctuary Counseling, but that was taken. The consultancy part is something I wanted to add in a few years time! But, it seems that plans change! I still cant believe that it took half a day to get it sorted out!
My domain name was a near crisis too, that is if it wasn't for Ferdi at HostPapa! I'm not even looking at building my website just yet! I'm still yet to work out how to get and email address sorted!
My client booking thing has taken several days and several headaches to get my head around!
In all of this I began to wonder what I was doing! Where did my self care go and why was I so stressed? At my course, we talked about stress and I had the opportunity to speak about the physiological issues it causes, elevated heart rate and blood pressure, stress hormones that are just down right nasty, among other things, we talked about recognising the signs and symptoms of stress, managing stress and different techniques that one can use to manage and reduce stress... Yet, here I was in the midst of all that I was doing feeling and ignoring the very things I myself had spoken about!
Ok, it's time for a change...
So, myself and two other board members of GINC Inc. have made a contract. An Exercise and Lifestyle Wellbeing Contract! It's a doozy! But we decided to do it because some of us what to loose weight, save money, reduce smoking, and a few other things!
When we prove to ourselves that it is doable (which I believe it is), then it will be on offer when Sanctuary Counselling and Consultancy and GINC Inc. begin our Women's Empowerment Group in January!
I'm looking at what we have to do to get that organised, and my first thought was "more stress"!!
However, I have a plan to tackle my stress! I've been spending the last few days rewriting it!
And that's the point. When life gets too much, one has to take a step back and have a good look at why you're stressed.
Did I take on too much? No, I just wasn't fully prepared for it! And it's not too late to re-evaluate our lives! Taking one day at a time helps too!
When I asked myself why I was stressed out of my skull, (elevated heart rate, higher than usual blood pressure, sleepless nights, added anxiety, irritability...) I discovered that it was due to neglecting my self-care plan! (That was "smart"!)
I am pleased to report that I'm getting back on track, and I've been to see my doctor, who is also supporting the changes I've made, after readjusting my self-care plan!
It can be done. Stress can be reduced.
If you need help reducing your stress levels, please click here to make a booking to see me! :)
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