Take a deep breath. And again. And again.
Close your eyes and carry only what is light enough to take into tomorrow. — Unknown
You can try, but you can’t really prepare for the future. You can try to plan so you’re ahead of the game, to anticipate and be five steps ahead. You can establish routines, be habitual, so your day is scheduled and more predictable. You can try, but you need to accept that, ultimately, the future will always be unknown and you can’t prepare for an unexperienced event. The only thing you can do is to learn to be adaptable, agile and resilient, so that when the unexpected happens, you’re able to recover from being blindsided a little quicker, and you find yourself able to pick up the pieces to gather yourself to move forward.
As with capsule wardrobes and minimalist packing, we need to learn to travel light, emotionally. We need to learn to carry only what will equip us to deal with the future and to learn to let go of the burdens of the past. As always, easier said than done. But as with everything, practice makes perfect, learning allows us to gain skills and slowing down and taking a breath allows us to actually think faster on our feet.
We’re always told we should be mentally resilient, but we’re not usually reminded to take care of our baseline physical health too. We need to take care of our bodies so that we can mentally and physically cope with the stress that anxiety puts us under.
Travel light and take care of you.
Yellywelly 