Keep It Simple Stupid!
As of 7pm last night this is my new mantra.
You might have read my previous post about losing my mind over lack of dinner ideas.
Just after I posted that blog, my son walked into the kitchen and said to me "I really would like spaghetti tonight Mom". Okay then. Problem solved.
I do this to myself WAY too often. I (for reasons God only knows about) love to make things more complicated than they ever need to be.
From relationships to attending events to what to make for dinner it has become much too easy to jump off the serenity bridge and into the pit of hellish fire known as self inflicted stress.
For instance, this past weekend I had the option to attend a family function. Instead of just asking myself what I wanted to do about whether to attend or not, my mind instantly ran off towards the 'should' department of life and started throwing out all sorts of reasons why I should attend because it would be nice of me to do so, or it would benefit my kids, or it would make other people happy/content.
I analyzed the situation until it looked like a piece of roadkill that had been hit 100 times and finally concluded that I simply did not want to go. That's it. I did not WANT to go. No reason why, no floundering for an excuse that would be acceptable to others.
Why must we make everything more complicated than it has to be (or even more so than it sometimes already is)? It certainly doesn't feel good to the body to do this. It doesn't help you sleep at night or help you to wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed. So what is the real point?
Do you know that we would all have WAY more free time on our hands if we weren't so busy building mountains out of mole hills.
Imagine what you could do with all of that free time? You could maybe paint your toenails, take in a movie or I don't know....ENJOY your LIFE!!!!
My point is that anything more than simple just isn't worth the energy.
Trust me, our body mind and spirit are screaming for a little more simple!
But don't take my word for it. Try out the KISS approach for a week and see what happens.
You really don't have anything to lose!
As of 7pm last night this is my new mantra.
You might have read my previous post about losing my mind over lack of dinner ideas.
Just after I posted that blog, my son walked into the kitchen and said to me "I really would like spaghetti tonight Mom". Okay then. Problem solved.
I do this to myself WAY too often. I (for reasons God only knows about) love to make things more complicated than they ever need to be.
From relationships to attending events to what to make for dinner it has become much too easy to jump off the serenity bridge and into the pit of hellish fire known as self inflicted stress.
For instance, this past weekend I had the option to attend a family function. Instead of just asking myself what I wanted to do about whether to attend or not, my mind instantly ran off towards the 'should' department of life and started throwing out all sorts of reasons why I should attend because it would be nice of me to do so, or it would benefit my kids, or it would make other people happy/content.
I analyzed the situation until it looked like a piece of roadkill that had been hit 100 times and finally concluded that I simply did not want to go. That's it. I did not WANT to go. No reason why, no floundering for an excuse that would be acceptable to others.
Why must we make everything more complicated than it has to be (or even more so than it sometimes already is)? It certainly doesn't feel good to the body to do this. It doesn't help you sleep at night or help you to wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed. So what is the real point?
Do you know that we would all have WAY more free time on our hands if we weren't so busy building mountains out of mole hills.
Imagine what you could do with all of that free time? You could maybe paint your toenails, take in a movie or I don't know....ENJOY your LIFE!!!!
My point is that anything more than simple just isn't worth the energy.
Trust me, our body mind and spirit are screaming for a little more simple!
But don't take my word for it. Try out the KISS approach for a week and see what happens.
You really don't have anything to lose!
I do that ALL THE TIME!!! It is definitely crazy-making :)
ReplyDeleteI find it's when I feel I have to "take a stand" for something that I make everything so complicated. What if I live without judgment and just let things be as they are. That is nice and simple.
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