Stress can build and linger, but it can also smack you in the face out of nowhere. That was Friday for me. For the past three months– I haven’t been going crazy over the looming idea of residency apps. Nope– I have felt not-confident but not-freaked— a happy medium of nothing-ness. I’m like– ehh? It’ll get done. I’m one of the those annoying people who has all their app done ahead of time, and yet, on Friday night I came home in a FULL PANIC. Wade was like– “What’s wrong? Everything is DONE! RELAX!” My reaction– “It’s not good enough!!!” His response– “This isn’t really about the application– is it?” Nope– it’s the simple question– “What if I’m not good enough?”
I’m still feeling panicked but I thought I’d take a moment to talk about how to deal with the more stressful times (instead of going to the ice cream container– which usually just makes me feel worse!
#WORK IT!- One of my best friends and I always called Equinox (the best gym ever) our “church.” And while I don’t usually have time to be as active as I’d like — even doing 10 minutes on the treadmill and some weights makes me feel better. On really stressful weekends, like this, I’ll make a list of “to do” exercises (crunches, planks, rows, etc) and check them off with each set. THAT feels good. GET ‘ER DONE!
#WALK IT OUT- Besides working out, it feels good to get OUTSIDE and MOVE. Seeing how beautiful the world is and seeing other people with different lives and dreams and troubles always helps me to keep things in perspective. It also doesn’t hurt when you can see this on your walk:
#YOGA- I’m the first to say I hate “OHM” but focusing on my breath (especially the exhale) really helps me stay centered. I like yoga to be as sweaty as possible because when you leave, you feel drugged and euphoric. Add some kombucha to the mix and you’ll absolutely forget why you were stressed in the first place.
#MASSAGE- Okay, this is excessive, and more physical for the person DOING it, but its feels DAMN GOOD. And sometimes we all need to have a treat.
There are more of course but for everyone going through the stress-ey times, hopefully this will help tide us over
xxx
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