Learning to relax….

LLS

Aspiring to be my cat

Yesterday I was talking about how I set super human targets for myself. Expecting all sorts of crazy things that most would not or could not achieve. The solution to my problems has been right in front of me all along………….. Instead of trying to be super woman, I should have been aspiring to be […]

Only human

Sometimes I treat myself as if I am super woman. I lay down these expectations that are unrealistic and often unattainable. It is not until someone points this out, that I realise I am killing myself trying to be super human. The interesting thing is the way in which I do this to myself. I […]

Why so serious?

Something that got stuck in my head today was the question; why am I always so dam serious? I feel like I have almost forgotten how to have fun. Trapped in this endless cycle of over scheduled life, I barely have time to get all the jobs and chores done much less have fun. How […]

I thought my week was bad……

My week was nothing. Just a series of minor events and happenings that I place too much importance on. I did not bear witness to 49 people being murdered in their place of worship. I did not lose family members to such an abominable act. I did not stay awake through the night trying to […]

Happenstance

I have been researching words. I want to find a word that describes that thing that sometimes occurs……….. where everything happens at once. Good and bad all jumbled on top of one another, some mere coincidences, some knocks-ons and some just completely unrelated happenings. I came up with a few; happenstance, synchronicity, perpendicularly, conversion. Then […]

Doubt

‘Stressaholics’ always let that seed of doubt creep in. That little voice at the back of your head that asks ‘Are you really sure?’ to everything you do. One of my friends even has a name for her voice! Some days it yells louder at you than others. Some days you pay attention to it […]

If only fish could talk….

Today I managed to create stress out of the simplest of things…….. and man was I frustrated! It all started with forgetting what day it was. I am pretty sure there were a few of us out there who after a public holiday yesterday, genuinely thought it was Monday today. I realised at 8:20 that […]

Obstacles

Life is about overcoming obstacles, yet to so many of us, the obstacles seem to become life. Somehow, we become focused on all the things going wrong and that are being thrown in our path. We blame all these external things for our internal turmoil. We completely forget we have the power. The power to […]

Ignorance is bliss

One of those parenting conundrums, to tell your child they have vaccinations at school today or……… not? After a week of discussions, we went with NOT. Rewind…. His 4 year old injections are etched in my mind forever. I did something I can now see (as a more experienced parent) was a dumb rookie mistake. […]