Even BuddhaBabes Get Busy....

Hey, what ever happened to the Fitting in Fitness blog from the BuddhaBabes? Yes, sometimes even a BuddhaBabe has a rough time fitting in fitness and her fitness blog. How about a little something on being busy?



"I have so many things to do I don't even know where to start...so I'm just not going to and where is my remote...Gossip Girl, here I come!”

With so much information available to us at all times and with US being available at all times (on all devices) is that it's hard to not feel like you're being torn into a zillion pieces.  

So how do you deal with the stress of day-to-day life?  What do you do when you feel overwhelmed?  How do you manage your work life with your personal life?  How do you manage your family responsibilities and still feel like YOU are in there somewhere?  How do you keep yourself from exploding?

 Try this:

5 SECRETS TO KEEP YOUR SANITY  (as well as your job, family, and friends too!)

MOVE!  No, don't pack up and go, MOVE YOUR BODY!  We get stagnant when we're stressed out, so one of the easiest ways to clear the mind is to get up and move.  Take a walk!  Walk your dog!  Go to the park!  Get in nature!  If you are in the city, even a walk around the block will be great!  Or put on some music and dance.  Sometimes as little as 3 deep breathes, reeeaaally deep breaths that fill your belly up with air and move the energy within your body, is all it takes to calm the "f" down and realize it’s not so bad.

WRITE IT DOWN!  Take a sheet of paper and write down whatever it is that is making you feel overwhelmed.  Hash it out on paper, with detail!  Is it a project that you don't know where to begin?  Is it a deadline that is freaking you out?  Is it a decision you have to make?  Get it on paper and let it live there for a bit.  You don't need to carry everything on your shoulders ALL the time.  Dump it on the paper, create a dump sheet. No one ever needs to see it but you.

STOP LOOKING AT THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN!  If you want to accomplish something you consider BIG, don't look at the whole mountain! Imagine yourself at the bottom of a really tall mountain.  It's so easy to think, "there is noooo way I can make it to the top!"  If you look at the entire picture of what it is that you are trying to accomplish, it can scare the bejesus out of anyone, and then the temptation arises of just not doing anything, and quitting.  Take your "dump sheet" from above and break it down.  What is one step that I can accomplish right now?  What is one thing I can do by the end of the day?  What is one thing I can do that I know for sure I can do by the end of the week.  Focus on the little steps, not on the whole mountain.   How do you climb the mountain? Step by step!

EXPERIENCE COMPLETION!  In giving yourself small, attainable tasks you are giving a signal to your subconscious brain that you can complete things.  Develop the skill and the habit of completion.  If every day you wake up with a list of stuff that you wanted to get done, but just didn't...that feels pretty crappy!  What would it feel like to wake up and know, YEAH!  I did what I said I would do!  I rule!  I get the job done!  Sweeeet!

CELEBRATE YOUR WINS!  Who doesn’t like the feeling of saying I'm going to do something, and then doing it!  It feels great!  BUT what we often forget to do is slooooow down, and celebrate!  It’s so important to look at all that you have accomplished and to feel GREAT about it.  Even if it was a simple thing like, "I am going to write this email tomorrow" and you did it, great!  Try treating yourself as you would your best friend.  If your best friend told you he or she finished a project that was important for him or her, you would never just say, "huh, whatever...on to the next.”  Celebrate and Reward yourself!  Give out that little boost and makes you feel good.


Practice IMPLEMENTING these 5 steps, and see what happens for you! Now, you’re fitting in a little fitness with a lot of room to breathe, break stuff down, and get it done. What’s better than that?