Challenge overload…

Whew!  I have to admit something…I am feeling challenge overload, and am a bit drained!

This has been an extremely great challenge, and while I found that actually writing the blogs have come fairly naturally to me (happy dance!), the challenges themselves have forced me to think about a lot of things in the past two weeks.  This is all greatly appreciated and I thank you Natalie for inviting me to participate.  I also thank myself for actually accepting the challenge, and you for listening to me go through the steps!

And now, so close to the end, perhaps because I am starting to DO a lot of the things that I took up in this challenge, I am feeling a bit overwhelmed.  Is that bad?  No – in fact, it really highlights to me that I can’t, and shouldn’t, expect that I can do it all, or at least, all at once.  I need to keep the challenges and commitments in mind and, for those I can’t keep up with right now, in spirit to pick them up when I can.  Realistically, I have noticed that there has been some overlap in a few of the last challenges, particularly yesterday’s – doing things for my heart, body and mind.

For example, I have implemented the use of Asana, and am finding it a great tool to divvy up my plans into smaller chunks, and schedule in to my calendar.  With this, I have a scheduled list of contacts to reach out to, events I might want to attend, and courses I should look into, amongst other things – so far I have reached out to about 10 more people formally, just in 2 weeks.  And with my previous commitment to outsourcing a couple things, I am happy to announce that I have kicked off both my logo and website design work!  Of course, just starting with checking out a couple vendor options, but by tomorrow I hope to have chosen a path forward with one or two.  Tick, tick, and tick…these should lighten the load on my mind some!

In addition to playing soccer, and walking my dog regularly, I also previously re-introduced yoga into my life, and will be thoroughly enjoying a massage tomorrow!  It’s been a while since the last for sure and my body hates me right now, so there should be a major THANK YOU coming from my soul afterwards.  And, I have realized I need to commit to one more very important practice – drinking more water – I always notice when I have not had enough, typically at 2 or 3 am when I am parched and my body starts to cramp up, which also causes impacts on my sleep!  All positives for my body, and fairly easy to implement with success.

Now, for my heart, amidst all these new things – I need to refocus some of my time and energy for my family – particularly my hubby, who seems always to get the last dregs of my energy, and who I seem to get less and less time to just chat or snuggle with.  Maybe this is where today’s challenge comes in – becoming a tourist at home – how much can we do together, in our city?  I imagine there is a LOT!  My heart would love it, my body and mind will be comforted and feel more secure, and I’m sure my whole family will thank me for it – because not only will I be with them more, I will be more relaxed and present when I am.

I hope you can do some things like these, and really take your changes to heart, as it really will make you a happier, healthier person!