We all know that if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed, it can make for quite a crazy and moody morning. For me, that cranky is riding with me all the way to work. It's on my shoulder walking with me into the building, all the way to my desk. Then I can usually start to unwind with my routine.
This morning something had put my stress in 5th gear with no signs of stopping. From brushing my teeth staring at myself in the mirror, I just read my face like this day already is going to be horrible. I changed my outfit at least 7 times, and comtimplated putting on make-up for 10 minutes. I stared at myself and thought, what can I wear that makes me feel comfortable. Does it really matter if I put on make-up? No. (I usually don't anyways for work because I sit a cube all day.) Will anyone else care? No. So what can I do for myself? So I threw on one of my favorite t-shirts, a jacket, and my new pizza vans shoes.
After the rainy gloomy drive in, I knew that work was going to be slow motion and last for hours and hours. I sit down and log into my computer, pull up my email, and I still can't catch my breath from the stress of getting ready at home. A lot of it came from how my jeans were fitting. I could definately be bloated, and us females can relate. To be so self-conscious about my jeans fitting was going to ruin my whole day. That was the thought that was hanging over me. I wasn't paying attention to the jokes my friend and I were talking about on Facebook. I wasn't really talking to my work friends and laughing like we usually do. This ONE thought. This ONE silly stressor, was my morning. So now it's after lunch, and I finally said F&*K it.
I heard some lady somewhere talk about this stain she had on her shirt after eating breakfast, and didn't see it until she got to work. She was so paranoid that everyone saw it when they talked to her. What everyone would think of her with this tiny stain on her shirt. But in the end, no one even mentioned it. No one really cared about it. And, co-workers didn't even notice it. She mentioned, why should we focus on these tiny thoughts that or silly, when it's not that HUGE to anyone else. Why should be spend our energy on the little things that won't matter tomorrow, or 2 years later? This is definitely easier than said.
Remember the people who love you just for the way that you are, even if your jeans feel like leg casts. Keep your head held up high when you walk. Take each day with a light heart. Make a list of the important blessings you have in your life rather than dragging yourself down about how you wish you didnt' have these jeans on, but rather I have a great boyfriend and loves me and supports my pizza shoes.
I know I'm not the only female out there with these thoughts, so just know that all of us girls get it.
- DC xoxo
No comments:
Post a Comment