I have a clogged brain.
It’s packed so packed with stuff, I can’t make room for flow. The flow that I need to feel like I’m accomplishing something, making progress, and moving forward. The flow that comes with momentum.
Today, right now, there is no flow. I’m totally backed up. This makes me crabby.
I can’t clear away the crap. I’ve got a million things stuck in my head from baseball schedules to book launch strategies to Facebook insights to grocery lists to First Communion attire to summer plans to things I want to do and things I need to do and the things I should be doing and the things I am not getting to.
Usually I can keep all of these things in nice, neat little columns, but today they are all coagulating into one giant terd of overwhelm.
There’s a major blockage. Coherent thoughts are barely making their way through. A slow, slow dribble.
I need a brain plunger.
I picture myself lying on the floor and someone attaching a plunger to my ear and going at it until the clogs starts to shake loose.
Logically I know that there are strategies for dealing with this brain clog. But emotionally, I want the plunger. I want it all cleared away.
I’m going to have to tackle this thing the old-fashioned way. Here’s the recipe for my own personal Drano:
1. One thing at a time. When I let myself get sucked into all-the-things that have to get done, instead of focusing on what has to be done right now, I can feel the brain clog growing. Knowing and doing what has to be done step-by-step without trying to think through every task all at once, is the first step in feeling less jammed up.
2. Get it all out. I’m a huge fan of list making and prioritizing those lists. I know I need to pause, take the time to vomit out every last little to-do, then organize them so that they make sense. This will start to give me a feeling of order. To break down a brain clog this size, I need to establish order.
3. Have a little faith. I also need to trust myself more and stop doubting and questioning every last thing. That doesn’t mean I should ditch the critical eye, it means that I need to believe that I’ve got this. I need to feel it in my bones that I can handle what life is throwing my way right now.
4. Shake it out. And finally, I need to move my body. I need to go for a walk, keep practicing yoga, and make good food choices. I need to take care of body so that my mind can free up a bit.
Sounds easy right? I hope so. I’m ready to kiss this clogged brain goodbye.
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