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Blowing Bubbles…

If there was a simple task for a woman to do when she is two steps away from losing her mind (or being committed to an institution), it is blowing bubbles. I know, it sounds real elementary (or maybe just downright childish), but sometimes you just need a break, especially when you feel broken or just broke down. My wonderful sister would sometimes have those moments where she would say that she just felt like sitting in a corner and blowing bubbles. Or perhaps if you are like one of my gurlfriends, you just want to get out of the race and pass out cups of water. Whatever the case is, we are all tempted to quit, run away, steal away, or just blow some dang bubbles in a corner, not paying attention to the life and chaos going on around us because sometimes it just seems like too much and if one more thing gets piled on…someone is going to pay.

Well it is Saturday and while I have many things I could be doing and should be doing…I really just feel like blowing some bubbles. Surprisingly enough, I actually have some (where I got them from I don’t know). I started out the year ready to blaze trails, kick butt, and take names. Then I realized that I have once again overextended my overachieving perfectionist self to the point of almost no return (emphasis on almost). It is time to move forward with less weight (literally and figuratively) and less baggage…for real! I have taken on too many tasks in my life and my mind. It appears that I am not the only one. It seems that the PMS Shawn was talking about has been going around to a lot of people around me, including me. There is the Pre Madness Syndrome-which prevents you from getting in over your head with tasks and over committing yourself so that you don’t get mad (the word No is highly recommended during this time). Then there is my favorite (and where I think I am at this very moment as I type), the Present Madness Syndrome-where things are spinning so out of control that you resort to crying and sitting in a corner blowing bubbles (because you forgot during Pre Madness that No was the ticket out). Pre Madness Syndrome is escalated to Present Madness Syndrome by the inability to say No to things that you know you should say No to. But like a young child who has just learned the word “No” for the first time (and it seems that is the only word they know), we can all slowly get back on track by opening our mouths to form “No’s” all over the place. Then there is the Post Madness Syndrome-where you work to rest and recover, prioritize your life, and get back on track (especially if you are still in a corner blowing bubbles). I am slowly but surely making my way to the Post stage.

So gurls, whatever stage you are in as you read this post (Pre, Present, or Post), please know that the Madness can and will end as long as you make the choices necessary for it to. If you have too many things on your plate, it is okay to clear it, wash it (put in the rinse cycle a couple of extra times), and start over. If you have chaos going on all around you, that you need to say No to or if you are 2 steps away from losing your mind, it is okay to go to the Dollar Store (now I remember where I got the bubbles) and get some bubbles to blow in a corner or outside if the weather is nice. Then take a deep breath, relax and get to work again..but only work on the things that you really need to.

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