Do you have those tiring seasons when your life is a host of commitments or happenings that interweave with each other? Right now, in early June, I’m experiencing a hectic life schedule of work, commitments and plans that allow me no time to rest. It’s during these fast times that my body is physically exhausted and my mind mush. I need slow and quiet moments to rest my mind and thoughts. Otherwise it gets tired and I overthink EVERYTHING!
Lately my mind won’t stop overthinking! Whatever I’m doing it’s flooded with egocentric comments or judgements. I know why this happens…caused by an overtired body and mind. During these crazy periods my dreams increase and always involve conflict, school or close relationships that I am in.
My great intention is to carve out valuable down time to rest my haywire brain. I’m reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz once again, in order to recreate a peaceful flow in my life. Every day I pray for peace and strength to clear and clean up my thoughts.
Some ideas that I use to clear my thoughts are:
- Sit at a table with a candle
- Read a light hearted book in a relaxing chair
- Embark on a special walk, engage all the senses! What do I hear? See? Smell?
- Stop thinking about what others say or do, let it all go
- Get plenty of sleep at night
- Take mini naps when needed
- Don’t listen to your mind’s senseless garbage
The other night was unusual…my racing mind kept me up for hours. I went to bed exhausted at 9 pm and didn’t get to sleep until midnight. Tossing and turning within the sheets ( poor Tom), I couldn’t clear or delete my thoughts. I said a prayer for help as I really needed sleep to be able to go to school the next day and actually function at my job! I pranced downstairs for a drink, glanced out the window at the peaceful glittery stars and went to bed. Finally that was it, I was carried away in the light sleep state.( I know this from my Fitbit!)
What do you do to erase negative mind chatter?
All My Best,
Heart and Soul 😴
June and December are always way too busy. Basically I Bang my head against the wall and it tends to keep,down the white noise running through my brain….nah…I just make sure I’m really organized and schedule in down time when I can
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Those are my busy months as well. I’m out of school soon so I’ll have that down time.😄👍
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I always try to remind myself that every feeling/time is temporary. I also attempt to take power away from my thoughts by just letting them come and not engaging them…just get right back to my original activity. It can help!
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Good idea. Thoughts come and go…the best thing is not to invest in them too much!😃
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hate when that happens! best thing is to try to focus on positive things! but it is always so hard at night – huh? why is everything worse at night?
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Yeah I don’t know why it’s worse at night but it is! Another sleepless night last night.😆💕
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darn! sorry to hear! sometimes we go through these phases 😦 Hang in!
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Thanks, Jodi. Last night I got some sleep! Happy days!😉❤️
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Yay!
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This was a wonderful book Mary! I lent it to my brother in law and he read it many times, made copies of it and distributed it to all and sundry! He still loves it.
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