Tag: Overwhelmed

Our Journey with Depression and 6 Steps to Help If You Suffer Too

Our Journey with Depression and 6 Steps to Help If You Suffer Too

Hello. Hello friends. I’m not going to lie, it’s been a while since I’ve written here.  The reason is I was diagnosed with mild depression. This has been the hardest year and half of my life in many ways. I’ve had a lot to be […]

Finding a Way to Overcome Hard Things | Weight Check #2

Finding a Way to Overcome Hard Things | Weight Check #2

Life lesson to overcome hard things. Challenges can be emotional or physical. We tell ourselves stories that may or not be true. Modify your story, your physical or emotional circumstance to overcome. Weight journey.

How to Escape a Metaphorical Riptide

How to Escape a Metaphorical Riptide

Last week I woke up with a start with all of the things I had to do running through my brain.  I was feeling overwhelmed and wrote about how I cope with all the stress in the midst of overwhelm.  Lately it feels like I’ve […]

When You’re Having One Of Those Days (or weeks, or months,etc)

When You’re Having One Of Those Days (or weeks, or months,etc)

They say tragedy plus time equals humor. They also say that laughter is the best medicine. I’ve also heard more than one motivational speaker suggest each of us look for humor in a situation. We need the humor-especially when we’re having one of those days. […]

Concussions Are Not Fun

Concussions Are Not Fun

Not to state the obvious, but it’s true. I’m inserting this post more than a week after my car accident to explain my lack of content. Short version is the guy behind me on the interstate slammed into my car when he was going too […]

When and Why You Shouldn’t Set Lofty Goals for the Here and Now

When and Why You Shouldn’t Set Lofty Goals for the Here and Now

What was that? Why shouldn’t I set lofty goals? I’ve recently been thinking a lot about goals. Some of the things I’ve done are listening to podcasts about setting big, scary goals (which I really do love and recommend), making a vision board for myself, […]

Autism Awareness Month and 9 Things Neurotypical People Can Do

Autism Awareness Month and 9 Things Neurotypical People Can Do

Every year I struggle with how to address this month, and in particular April 2, Autism Awareness Day. I am so grateful that so many more people are aware of Autism. In days past, whenever one of my boys would flip into meltdown mode or […]

Juggling.  And Then Dropping the Ball (or Two or Three)

Juggling. And Then Dropping the Ball (or Two or Three)

Photo credit: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-mathematics-of-juggling-20170524/ I didn’t realize how dependent I am on my planner until I was without the first two+ weeks of the year. The one I ordered finally came yesterday after a shipping snafu. I had a small paper January calendar where I could […]

Real Life Check

Real Life Check

Surprise! It’s not the pretty lights on the featured photo. No, as much as I wish I had lovely lights strung around my home. This is a real-life check. We’re more than a week into January, and yep, Christmas decorations are not yet put away. […]

Happy Holidays and New Year!

Happy Holidays and New Year!

I give up. I give up on perfection. Real life is hard. Real life leaves you with five minutes here and there to tackle things you want to do. Real life leaves little room for perfection. I give up on long blog posts and schedules […]