DisisD: one thing at a time

10.01.2015

one thing at a time

One week down at work ... so how's the casa???

It took me this long to learn a few things about myself and how I adapt.

I took one thing at a time.

There you go.

One thing at a time.

I am the type of person to just go all out and plan things all at once. Of course, I want to finish them ALL at once, too! Then I end up overwhelming myself.

I am a planner. I like to write lists and lay things out and see the bigger picture/outline. I finally realized that to ease the anxiety, I should tackle major stressors one at a time.

I chose a date to start eating healthy.

Then another date to start working out.

Then another date to working out in the morning.

My former self would have chosen a date to do all three ALL at once. My former self would have been super anxious and worried.

When I went back to work, all those things above are in place and are part of my schedule. I was already going to bed early** and getting up before the kids wake up. So the transition was a little bit easier when I went back to work.

In the past, I admit that I did all those things on my first day back at work -- get up early, eat like a rabbit and have sugar withdrawal, workout insanely, then try to get everybody out the door. I was setting myself up for stress, anxiety and failure.

**early... I still try to sleep as early as I can but still end up falling asleep late :/