I’ve been struggling with my energy levels and mental focus.
I’m just not feeling as well as I would like to be.
Which is perfectly well. I do love me some perfection.
I don’t do well when I don’t feel well. I hold a pretty high standard when it comes to my health, and I’ve been letting it slip.
This last year has held a lot of intense experiences and obstacles that I haven’t exactly sailed through.
I’ve learned I don’t have great tools for handling stress and I will be building my toolbox from now on.
Stress is constricting. It’s fear based.
When the stress/fear hits me I can literally feel my whole body tighten and I feel adrenaline start to surge through me.
My adrenals (the little glands which supply the adrenaline) are fatigued. They have been pumping adrenaline into my system nonstop and I’ve worn them out by not having a toolbox of “stress handling” tools to draw from.
If you know about adrenal fatigue, you will know that it doesn’t feel anything like “perfectly well”, and it doesn’t just need one good nights sleep to rest up. It’s a process.
While I work on restoring my adrenals, I’m working on my toolbox.
The first tool in my toolbox is gratitude. I wrote about it earlier this week.
Gratitude reverses the constricted tunnel vision feeling from the stress. It opens you up and forces you too look around.
I wasn’t doing any daily gratitude practices, but I’m going to bring them back. There’s something magical about sitting and contemplating the things in life that you appreciate.
Today I am grateful for morning puppy snuggles, ninja kitten attacks, and sleeping with my window open.