Definitely freezing this morning as clear from the thick frost over the cars and frozen puddles in the park on my morning walk.
Tried out the 20 minute 'worry time' this morning before getting up. Not hard seeing as I'd been awake in the early hours already, worrying. Much harder was to stop worrying after the 'worry time' was over. Just generally worried and fretted most of the day with the odd bit of panic thrown in when I couldn't get hold of Dave.
Tenant had managed to talk to the other plumber and had sent him pics and a video. Not heard from him yet. And gas engineer couldn't come as he was feeling rough after his booster.
In more Covid news omicron is still rampant. Boss went off early to take a test and go to bed, feeling awful. Her partner had it over Christmas. And M and R my nieces in Ireland have had/got it too. All quite dispiriting and we haven't even got to 'the most depressing day of the year' yet - that's in January some time isn't it?
In better news, halloumi peppers and roasted potato wedges and carrots cooking for supper. And a day off tomorrow, though I suspect I'll have to spend some time on flat stuff - not least my tax return.
You have a lot on your mind at the moment…..I smiled at your sentence ‘much harder to stop worrying after the worry time is over’ sounds like a worrying exercise on its own….perhaps you could try a hypnotist…. I once was to a fun do where they wanted volunteers my friend & I joined a lot of others but they couldn’t hypnotise me…I was an unbeliever but my friend was well away. Could work!!
Learn to accept what you have no power to control and don’t take other peoples problems on. It’s taken me a long time to let things go, I would hold on the my daughters problems longer than they would. Breath in and with the breath out release the worries one by one. Let all the non controllable problems go and be proactive with those you can do something about. Give yourself self talks to remind yourself that you are not thinking clearly and that everything is not as over welding as it seems. Trust yourself that you can do the things that need your attention. If you are worried about things that will not matter in five years time, then they might not be as important as you believe.
I hope you can fine some quite space in your mind to enjoy the little things.
I hope you can fine some quite space in your mind to enjoy the little things.