Healthy Chicks

We’re all guilty of over-reacting, analyzing, and dwelling on “the little things” at times. You know exactly what I’m talking about. Your heat bill is $100 steeper than normal, you can’t find your left high heel that you JUST. NEED. TO. WEAR. FOR. THIS. DATE, your face broke out in a massive eruption of pimples, and work is sucking lately. Bad.

Hence, we think “everything sucks.”

Does this sound familiar? We all do it, and I myself am a huge victim to dwelling on those little, tiny annoying things that seem really, really big at the time. Take today for example. I woke up and felt “off” from the beginning of the day. I then immediately went for my Mac to get a little internet in me, only to find out that my internet was down. Turns out the modem broke (somehow) and the Comcast dude couldn’t come until after 6 p.m.

Suddenly I was irritated. Angry. Mad. Over the freakin’ internet. I mean, c’mon Rach, get a grip. (That’s what my rational self would have told my “crazy” self at the time). This anger only led to more “little things” like a stupid fight (well, more like a tiff) with The Boy over nothing, my explosion over my messy kitchen, and the fact that I felt “behind” with my workload.

But when The Boy got a phone call regarding a family emergency, my rational self came rushing back in a snap. All those “things” no longer mattered. Who cares if I go a day without internet? Work will always be there tomorrow. So what if the kitchen looks a bit chaotic? That’s what weekend cleaning is for (and it’s a great stress relief at that). Why nit-pick at little, insignificant things with the people we love so dearly? What’s the point?

I know it’s easier said than done. That we should all “let go of the little things” and just be happily, every after. Unfortunately it doesn’t work that way, but we could at least vow to be a bit more  mindful when we see ourselves getting this way.

I know for me, stress is a huge trigger to my over-reacting self so I’m  really working on sipping more herbal tea throughout the day (and less coffee), starting up running again, and getting back into weekly yoga practices to de-stress and bring myself back to my sane, practical, loving self. The “me” I know and love.

Life’s simply too short to dwell on the teeny, tiny, insignificant road blocks…don’t ya agree?

In the words of Robert Elliot, “Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff.  Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.” I whole-heartedly agree.

XoXo,