Emotions!!!!!!

This week was powered by emotions of one sort or another. Some of them tried real hard to rule my actions but I persevered and didn't give in. I have been working really hard recently to control my emotional reaction to what is happening around me. It is mostly for work but it is helping in other areas of my life.

I cracked up when I saw this picture! I want to be a cat!!!!!

What usually happens when I get upset is that I turtle and don't do anything except eat things that I shouldn't. What I have been doing is recognize that something is upsetting me and try to analyze, in the moment, how best to handle it. What to say, how to act and how to react. It is not a 100% fool-proof plan just yet but it is beginning to slow me down a bit and I get in less trouble.
It is especially helpful at work where I have a tendency to react emotionally, say the wrong thing and make matters worse. So now I am taking a minute to gather my thoughts before I speak and spending a few minutes thinking through my actions before I act. It feels like a lot of hard work right now but I know that it is worth it.
I have also been dealing with an seemingly over-whelming feeling of not being able to handle what is put in front of me. It feels like it is too much, one more thing and I will explode! I am not sure where this is coming from or why but I know that I need to keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward. I know that if I give in to the feelings, it will only make matters worse and I know that if I have a great work out then I feel better. So that is my big plan so far, 1) Do what I can, I don't have to do everything at once! and 2) Keep working out as much as possible, it is something that I have control over!

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