anxiety

How to stop taking everything so seriously

I have done a great deal of research (i.e. 30 minutes of research on Google) on how to stop taking everything so seriously.  I have read all of the below posts/essays/blog entries and deemed them worthy of reposting.  I really needed to get outside of my head, and reading these words helped a great deal.

  1. Stop Taking Life So Seriously
  2. 5 Ways to Enjoy the Journey
  3. Lighten Up!
  4. Stop taking your thoughts so seriously

I have found that when I think I am trapped, or locked into a situation that the abundance mentality is helpful.  I know I feel locked in, and trapped, but realizing that there is a plethora of possibilities, variables and factors unknown to me makes me feel hopeful. Hopefully one of these four blog posts can help you too. And remember, DEPRESSION LIES!

Wanna be more like Jennifer Lawrence, less like Liz Lemon

No offense to 30 Rock lovers, but Jennifer Lawrence is my new role model.

Did you see Jennifer Lawrence at the Oscars? Then ’nuff said. But just in case, this is what I’m referring to: silly oscar media question

I’m listening to Tina Fey’s Bossypants on audiobook and am terrified by how much her anxieties resemble MY anxieties. For example, her habit of overthinking things, eagerness to please her father, her need for community and her AWKWARDNESS. It’s too eerie. But at the root of that awkwardness are all the anxieties about everything.

Oftentimes when I am anxious, I get distracted. For instance, I want to achieve a certain certification, for which I need to study and then take an exam. All I need to do is sit down with a book, read the book, learn the concepts (most of which I already have some working knowledge), and take an exam. This certification is not THAT important, but yet, just the thought of it produces nausea, a tight upper back, heightened shoulders and the strong urge to schedule that mammogram appointment. (Or maybe even the need to sit down at the MacBook and type out my innermost feelings).

I’m certain it has to do with past anxiety from college and my ability to freak out over the smallest detail in the textbook’s wording. “Just relax” everyone says, but they just don’t know how hard and earnestly I have tried.

Any advice out there?