The big things in life can be amazing (a wedding, the birth of a child, hitting a goal you’ve been working hard for) and devastating (death, job loss, etc.)
But it’s the little things, both good and bad, that seem to affect me the most and I doubt I’m alone. In general, my life is pretty mundane. But I’ve been having a hard week or so. Nothing major, but in some ways it feels like being stoned to death by pebbles or bleeding to death from a paper cut.
- I’m in the process of selling our 1995 Jeep Cherokee. As much as I hate the car buying process, I hate the car selling process more.
- I took my Civic in for an oil change and some recall work. Not only did they find a ton of things “wrong” with the car, they broke a piece on my steering wheel and are trying to charge me to fix it. Guess who won’t be getting the opportunity to do any more work on my pilot or my civic.
- I’m going camping tomorrow night with Jones’ class. I’m not a fan of camping. I’m even less a fan of camping in the rain.
- We are having our own version of “Parking Wars”. I realize we live in an urban area, but I’m tired of having a hard time parking in front of my own house. Of course, selling the Jeep will go a long ways towards alleviating my stress over this.
- I have my mammogram next week. Last time it turned into a month of worry while I had a second mammogram and then a biopsy. I’m worried about having to go there again.
- Most of my shorts are too tight and I’m not doing well with getting the weight off. I’m not even 5 pounds up from last summer, but I carry all my extra in my butt and thighs. Ugh.
See, nothing earth shatteringly major, just nagging things.
So, today, I’m focusing on some happy things in my life.
- My new to me dining room set that I scored while out on a run on Saturday. And our old one was picked up from our corner within 25 minutes of putting it out.
- My butt. It’s still bigger than I’d like, but Tina Reale’s Best Body Boot Camp is working some magic. It’s got a nice high rounded shape that I’m not sure I’ve ever had before. I have to say I love how short and intense the workouts are and I absolutely plan to sign up for the next one!
- I channeled my stress yesterday in a good way: Instead of eating junk or shopping (my two most frequent coping mechanisms), I went on a major declutter binge. Shoo’s closet is now organized and I have 6 boxes/bags and counting to get picked up next week by a charity.
- Today I have nothing planned except a nice long run and a couple hours of work. I like an unstructured day.
- We are having our usual spring cricket issue in the basement. So far, I’ve scored 3 crickets for Epic the gecko. That’s 45 cents right there. (Who knew I’d become the girl who just reaches down and picks up a cricket with her bare hand…)
- And finally, I’m *thisclose* to registering for the trail half marathon. As Stimey said “I think YOU should do the trail race. Because you know you can do road halfs, so you should challenge yourself with a trail half.” Exactly.
What do you do when day to day stress makes you crazy? Do you turn to chocolate and junk food like I want to? And what little things are awesome in your life right now?
When I am super stressed, I try to go for a short, fast, intense run then come home to have a delicious beer on the porch and just sit. With the semester just finishing up, I have been rewarding myself with a run and beer a lot lately. What’s awesome in my life right now: my awesome family, awesome boyfriend, and the weather here in South Alabama is gorgeous!
Sorry things are snow-balling on you right now.
I love that you ended with the positive!!!
The most awesome thing in my life right now is that I just finished my first run in over 3 weeks!
Hang in there!!
I clean and organize when I get stressed (and run…but I am tapering right now, so no running = more cleaning). My fiance can always tell when I am “in a mood” because the house is spotless and I have rearranged/reorganized every single room.
My brain got stuck on the mammogram(still haven’t had one and I’m 42) and your butt. Gosh I hate my butt! I want my 20 yr old one back
I love short intense workouts, they are the bomb in my book. I say yes to the trail run too.
Yuck, it’s so hard when it feels like icky things are coming at you from all angles. I try to remember (and repeat to myself … out loud) that “it won’t always be this way”.
Work’s been nutty for me, but I’ve been lucky to be able to work from home a day or 2 as needed, so for me, that’s one of the little things that packs a great positive punch 🙂
Good luck with it all!!!
I can really relate to where you’re coming from and I’ve been talking a lot about it with my friends and family this year. Our lives just get so busy that any minor hiccup takes on major proportions. And when a few of those minor things happen at once it’s enough to throw us totally out of our happy orbit. My aim for the next year is to unbusy my life enough so that those minor things stay manageable.
Inspiring! Need some de-clutter motivation…seriously!!
Dangit, I missed this post yesterday. I’m glad your stresses are “mundane”.
That being said, I bought the Tieks last night. Take that internet! I also bought two jars of Nuttzo on Amazon.com. And, I’m hitting up Nordstrom Rack this afternoon. I’m calling all of this therapy.