Here lately, I felt like I have constantly been going through the motions. I do not feel like me at all. I am so burnt out. The simple responsibilities for each day have felt so hard. The busyness of life is so exhausting!
Anyone else feel like that lately?
I feel numb about everything. My mind has been a constant warzone and I can not even think straight.
I have so much to do. Due dates are staring me down. I can not find the energy. I want to sleep. I want to curl in a ball and cry.
I am being pulled in a thousand different directions. I don't seem to know how to tell people no.
I've been irritable.
Thinking about the future makes me want to cry and brings even more anxiety into the mix of it all.
I'm tired. I just want a good night's rest where I sleep...through the entire night.
Isn't this how the devil wants us to feel, though?? Constantly on Edge.
I'm getting gray hairs and I am not even 30 yet!
Jesus take the wheel literally because I can't handle it.
My counselor told me some of the best advice. It has stuck to me and ever since she told me, everything in my mind clicked.
Our lives are meant to be like a scroll laid before us and it should unravel each day. Maybe that's why I get extremely overwhelmed and anxious when I think about my future-because I am not supposed to know. I can not sit here and tell you where I will be in the next 5 years. I have no idea. I have so much comfort in telling you that I HAVE NO IDEA. And I am so happy with that. I will be wherever God has me with who He has me with. I love that. It doesn't seem so scary that He is already there no matter what my tomorrows hold. I take each day as it comes. That is literally all I can do or I find myself going crazy.
Another thing I have noticed, I have to set boundaries. These are for your protection and those around you. It is NECESSARY! It may make people uncomfortable. Those are not your people.
-These are my boundaries. This is what I am okay with. This is what I am not okay with. OR being honest when you are not in a good head space. I have had to tell people before when I have not been in a good head space to handle something or when I have had an off day- Your people will understand!
These are things I have learned that have helped me. I don't know where you are. But my mind has been all over the place lately. I pray wherever you are at in your life that God gives you the strength to push through your hard days. Your best is always enough. You're not stuck. It may feel that way right now, but I assure you, you're not. One day at a time. One hour, one minute. Take each day as it comes. It won't always feel this way.
