{"id":103,"date":"2022-01-10T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T14:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catastrophicstardust.com\/?p=103"},"modified":"2022-01-10T14:02:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T14:02:06","slug":"mental-health-overwhelmed-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catastrophicstardust.com\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health &#8211; Overwhelmed Feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today is Monday, and I happen to have the day off. The problem is, I worked the weekend, and had volunteer commitments both Saturday and Sunday as well. That means we didn&#8217;t meal plan, ate out way too much, and didn&#8217;t focus on any maintenance cleaning. Now the dishes and laundry are backed up, the recyclables need taken to the township recycling bins, I need to pull out meat to thaw so I can prep some lasagnas, and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honestly, it&#8217;s like a typical day. I always feel like we have fallen behind on something, and there always seems to be a million projects, so overwhelmed feelings are a constant for me, which is why I have anxiety issues. It&#8217;s still a work in progress on how to manage those feelings and tasks, but there are some things I do that I think help some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Focus on one room at a time<\/li><li>Take frequent breaks so I don&#8217;t burn out<\/li><li>Enlist the girls to help with a few tasks<\/li><li>Make lists and break each thing down<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Breaking down a task into smaller tasks helps my mind focus better, and gives it that little sense of accomplishment when that little task is complete. For example, instead of listing out&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do the dishes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It may look something more like&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do the dishes<ul><li>Silverware<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Plates<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Bowls<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Baking sheets<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Cups<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Having all these tiny subgroups of dishes to focus on helps. Brains are weird, am I right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So for today in general, I&#8217;m hoping to update the blog, make a few lasagnas, do some dishes, get some laundry done, toss out the Christmas tree, take out recycling, and clear the dining room a bit. I guess we&#8217;ll see how far I get!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Monday, and I happen to have the day off. The problem is, I worked the weekend, and had volunteer commitments both Saturday and Sunday as well. That means we didn&#8217;t meal plan, ate out way too much, and didn&#8217;t focus on any maintenance cleaning. Now the dishes and laundry are backed up, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[88,86,85,87],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mental-health","tag-anxiety","tag-manic-monday","tag-mental-health","tag-overwhelmed"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/png_20220110_084323_0000265510007367822200.png?fit=3000%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58,"url":"https:\/\/catastrophicstardust.com\/?p=58","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":0},"title":"Talk Therapy Thursday &#8211; Pandemic Thoughts","date":"December 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"These types of posts I\u2019m hoping to use as a kind of therapy. 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