August 20-tiny steps when overwhelmed

So yesterday I did NOT exercise on the elliptical. I pulled out landscape and moved rocks and shoveled for about 3 hours, so I am positive that I worked out harder than 16 minutes of elliptical. However, two things were evident. 1. I think I am getting stronger and the elliptical is why and 2. Sometimes you have to give yourself a little grace on your goals.

Today, I jumped right back on and did 17 minutes of elliptical.

But this post isn’t about exercise, this post is about overwhelm. I have many things going on in my life right now.

1. My father is ill and having surgery and things aren’t going well.
2. I am moving into a new classroom, but the old person hasn’t moved out yet so I have nowhere to put my stuff.
3. We bought a fixer upper house so there are many projects to do that stare me in the face every morning.
4. I start school on Monday and I have a whole new curriculum and two of my “teacher friends” aren’t working for the district any more.
5. My husband has taken a brand new job and is very busy trying to do all the things necessary for that.

So what is a person to do when it feels like everything around them is in chaos?

Find one tiny task that you can complete and do that.

So I am doing a load of laundry. I like doing laundry. I love the fact that I can put some soap into a machine and walk away and about 50 minutes later, Voila! Clean clothes! Then you move them to the dryer and about 50 minutes later, Voila! Clean, dry clothes! I am sure I get a little too excited about laundry, but I have been doing my own for about 25 years now and the process never ceases to amaze me or make me happy. Also, pro tip (that I just started). Separate the darks and lights BEFORE you even think about laundry. I have two laundry baskets-one dark blue for all dark colored clothes and one is white for the light/white colored clothes. When one of them gets full, I take it downstairs, dump the whole thing in the wash and push a button. It almost seems too good to be true!

So while I can’t seem to affect a lot of the stuff that is overwhelming me right now, I can focus on one tiny little task like doing a load of laundry and it makes me feel better. what tiny little task can you accomplish today that might make you feel better?

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