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I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed.

We are still looking for the kitty’s home.

We are working on our biggest order to date that has a hard deadline.

And my body doesn’t seem to want to cooperate and has started to rebel.

So it’s definitely time to remember to breathe.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Repeat.

The universe never gives us more than we can handle – this I know for sure.

There are many great techniques we can use to calm

ourselves down when life feels overwhelming.

Here are just a few:

Breathe.

Stay present and mindful.

Meditate.

Be grateful for everything that is working in your life.

Shift your focus.

Switch gears – do something completely different that has nothing to do with the tasks at hand. This will help you get perspective, so you can come back fresh with a clear head.

Do something fun.

Organize your tasks so that they are more manageable.

And then only focus on one task at a time. And if that task is large, turn it into micro tasks. This will help you stay focused and not spiral into the “Oh my gosh, how will I ever get this all done?” mode.

Feel free to share ways you stay focused and calm when you start to feel overwhelmed.

For now, let’s all take one more deep breath together.

Inhale.

Exhale.

And let it go.

Ahhh…

Do you ever have one of those days where from the moment you wake up you feel that you are being pulled in several different directions, you have more things to do than hours in the day to do them, and you just want to go back to bed, pull the covers over your head, and try it again the next day?

Today is one of those days for me.

Our mantra has always been, “There is no such thing as a journal emergency.”

We both have the tendency to lose perspective of this at times and get caught up in the whirl and spin of orders needing to ship, journals needing to be made, and our customers needing to be put first.

When this happens, our breathing is shallow, our bodies are tight,
and our minds get stuck in the chaos.

And then we remember our mantra – we remember why we started our company – we remember that we choose to live the positive and reflective messages that we are putting into the world – we remember that everything happens in the exact right time.

We remember that we are human.

And so are you.

If you are feeling at all overwhelmed and stressed and wonder how you will ever get it all done – take a moment today and just breathe. Take a moment and sit with yourself. Remember that you are only given what you can handle. You are only one person and you do everything in the perfect way at the perfect time.

Take a deep breath. And then another one.

And then mindfully go through each task one by one.

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