What are two things that consistently trip you up in life?
The first thing that always trips me up are large life events. Not little ones like changes in my work schedule or a friend cancelling last minute, but rather death of a family member, changing jobs, graduating school. When I look back and think about time periods in my life where I have struggled the most mentally and emotionally it usually can be traced back to one of these events. I am someone who strives for routine, stability, structure. When someone or something comes along and disrupts that, despite me trying very hard to not let it, I don't handle anything in my life well. The funny thing is that I know that I am and never will be in control of what happens in my life, especially because my life is intertwined with so many other people. It is unrealistic to think that I can control what happens in their life in efforts to try and control my life. One thing that I has found that has helped, is to have awareness around these life events. If I am able to identify when I start to feel myself slipping, I can rely on my skills and resources more heavily to help me cope. For example when I graduated from my program, I knew that it would be a huge transition for me to go from being a full time student to a working professional. I took it upon myself to go back to attending therapy once weekly in efforts to help me cope. Did I handle the transition flawlessly? Absolutely not. But I like to think that I was better off, than if I did nothing during that time.
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