Skip to main content

Mental load

Mental overwhelm. 

Heavy chest and head. 

Crushing expectations. 

I don't have a lot of days where these words are how I would describe them. But they happen. They are hard to live through. 

Even knowing that time, sleep, moving, talking, or reading will help. Sometimes I'm just immobilized. Unable to move forward the way I want to, and the way I know I "should" be able to. 

Want to know what? That's okay. 

It's okay to not be okay. 

Especially with a pandemic and so many restrictions and changes and limitations. It's okay to not find a solution or way out every day. 

It's okay to just breath. Just exist, as hard as that can be. Just move from moment to moment. 

Things will change again, the weight will be more bearable until moments where you may not even notice it. Breathing becomes automatic instead of intentional. Moving and talking become enjoyable again. 

These are the moments people expect. They are good moments, but sometimes you need the hard as a reminder to be thankful for the good. 

Joy and pain, yin and yang. 

Life will never be all joy all the time. And that's okay. 
Looking for moments will help when things are hard, but gratitude comes when you know both sides of the equation. 

If you are in a hard day, you are never alone. Even when you feel that no one understands or you can't reach out for fear of disbelief. 
You are not alone. 
Your experience is valid. 
Your pain is real. 
Your feelings matter. 
You will make it through and be stronger for it. 

I got you boo. 

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

160 Kilometer Challenge

 As defined by the Cambridge English dictionary: Challenge (noun) something that needs great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and therefore tests a person's ability. We face challenges every day, by choice and circumstance. For the remainder of the year, I am setting myself the challenge of moving 160km (100 miles) of intentional and trackable distance. Not just the amount my FitBit records from everyday life. For me, this is a challenge of  - physical effort - time - accountability and consistency I too often let myself do less than I am able. I make excuses and allow myself to forget my goals (anyone else?) I'll start the month strong, but then "things happen", "life creeps in" and suddenly it's the end of the month and I am no closer to what I wanted to achieve. I am ready for a change, though, in my approach and my results. I am ready to dig deep and do what I know I CAN do, and accomplish what I WANT to, because coming out
1 comment
Read more

When the Scale is on the Rise

“The scale is merely a measure of my relationship with gravity.”– Lauren Harris-Pincus “Don’t work out because you hate your body — work out because you love it.”– Author Unknown “My weight does not determine my worth.”– Kristin Oja "Weight loss is not the key to your dreams. The truth is there is no lock and the door is flimsy." - Golda Poretsky So much of gym and diet culture is about telling us how we should be. What we should look like. How we should feel about ourselves when we look one way or another. What workout we should do for certain results.  At what point in life do we stop thinking for ourselves and decide to listen to these voices that tell us we're not good enough just the way we are? For the last 15 years I have worked within the health and wellness industry. Working on myself, physically and mentally. Not wanting to be skinny, but certainly healthier, trimmer, leaner, and a smaller size and weight than I started.  Lately, the scale has been going up.  I&
Post a Comment
Read more

Functional Fitness

Whether it be in the fitness world or just in life in general, I bet you've been asked "why?" Why are you choosing this path? Why is it important to you? Why do you keep going when it gets hard? For me? Everything comes back to being able live functionally.  Strong enough to always be able to lift my children.  Flexible to move and play and stay mobile.  Energy to keep up with my crazy life.  I choose my routine to work for me today but more so for the me of tomorrow, and next year.  I want Shannon 5 years from now to be happy with the choices Shannon of today made.  I want to live my best life for the REST of my life. That means that today I need to be my best self, but my best self that is maintainable for LIFE.  ♡
Post a Comment
Read more