"The time you wasted in your life worrying about things in your life that never happened." I do this so much as a mom.
I worry that things that happened to me, will happen to them or even worse…and somehow it seems I do this because I think it will help, right? Wrong, it won't help and it could potentially make things worse. Or just plague them with the anxiety I have. Do I think my thoughts have secret powers? Well according to the law of attraction they do, so I have to stop focusing on the things I don't want to happen and start thinking about all the things I do want to happen. I must also have faith in my kids strength and praise them for it. I am here to support them but not to live for them. They have their own lives and journeys. I want to enjoy every minute and this anxiety is robbing me of these precious years.
What are the steps we can take to decrease this anxiety? This is the question I keep asking myself and I feel stuck. I am not sure where to start. I know hobbies are key, they bring positive feelings which overpower the anxiousness. I also think diet and exercise increase energy during the day and help us get better sleep at night makes for happy people. All these uplifting feelings leave a person confident. A good attitude and outlook on life can make all the difference in the world.
Mostly, is anxiety a choice we make in our head? A switch we turn off and on. I'd like to learn to turn mine off most the time. I want to spend more time being silly and in the moment rather than feeling stuck in the land of "what if." So here is to taking initiative to get away from that and turning the switch off, because life is just too dang short to worry about all those things.
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