Stress vs. Peace
What do you do for your stress? Scream, cry, lash out, take deep breaths, get overwhelmed, run away, ignore, focus on something else, all of the above? Lol same. Haha
The age old question of stress right? We all got it. Our society promotes it. We have to be doing all the time. That's where we find our worth, is in how many and how important our accomplishments are. How many things we can get done in a day. But then when we are doing all the time...the ole "how are you? Oh you know, just busy!" conversation, when do we stop and take a break? And when we do finally stop to take that break, what does that look like to you? Are we focusing on a healthy habit to lift us up and help us continue to do better when we have to start "doing" again? Or are we doing something mindless? To escape? To not have to think? And which is right? Which is better? Which is helpful?
What I'd like to think my answer would be would be of course it's to do something helpful and productive for ourselves...you know all that self-care and self help we talk about. These are all things that I've been trying to really hone in on lately for myself (things I can do at home and things I can get out and do especially since I can actually get out and DO now...you know the whole driving thing). But at the same time I'm also one to be seen scrolling on my phone aimlessly and mindlessly so I just don't have to think for a minute. And that's what our social media is so good at, right?
But then I turn around and of course beat myself up like "Laura, you can't be doing this, you aren't allowed to do THIS, you have to be doing something productive and helpful and worthy so you can be good enough. So then I get up and do something (because I can always find something to do) and try to make myself feel worthy again. But maybe it's all okay. Maybe none of it is okay. Maybe I have figured out exactly what we are supposed to do when we feel stressed and need time to regroup or maybe I haven't figured it out at all. So folks, enlighten me...what do you do to relieve your stress? And how do you find your peace?