Sounds easy right? Well during the night last night I tossed and turned and churned through a list of worrisome issues. Guess what? I didn’t solve a single one of the worries and lost a good nights sleep to boot.
What is really interesting though is that I got up this morning and was teetering on the verge of moody tears. Everyone that knows me on a personal level knows that I’m not a weepy person. I’ve raised three boys, I’m known for being rather terse at times.
I’m also known for being that hard*** person that gets things done instead of whining about what else needs to be done in addition to working out, working for a living, clean eating, loads of laundry, groceries, dealing with a wrecked automobile, etc.
I realized this morning when I got up that I had allowed myself to worry in to an uncharacteristic mood. After acknowledging that I woke up in a dark place to one of my friends, I begin making a mental list of what is going on.
It is absolutely amazing to me that something as simple as a listing of what’s going on can help me see what takes priority.
– What is needed to sustain life? Got it? Yep. Asking myself that one question completely changed my mindset. YES, IT’S THAT EASY.
My goodness how quickly we can be sucked into worry and get lost. We fail to see the positive by focusing on the worrisome issues.
– I have a healthy body and can take most of the physical load I place on it day in and day out.
– I have a day job that I choose to be good at.
– I love writing this cheesy little blog because it keeps me honest and reminds me of how far I’ve come.
– I love reading other awesome blogs out there like Cultfit.com.
– I love proving to people you can overcome obesity once you stop playing the blame game.
– I love seeing the positive side as opposed to wasting perfectly good energy on worry.
Worry changes nothing outside of the wrinkles on your face. Act on what you CAN change now. Once you start acting on what you can change, you realize you are far more capable than you give yourself credit for.
garagegym107 
Great post! This has been much more difficult for me lately, so I’m happy to have the reminder.
Thank you. Great stuff my friend
We are the same person… exactly alike! I’m with ya, nothing good comes out of worry. I love your list of positives!
I just wrote to a faraway friend that I woke up on “overwhelm” feeling uncharacteristically blue and needed to snap out of it because I am not usually this way . In fact, I truly am a “get over it”, “do something aboutit and move on” type of person. I jumped in the shower, took a LONG one, When I got out, I got on the dreaded scale for the first time in a month. I know it’s just a number, but I have been scared of that number for several months now. Somehow, I have lost 6 pounds, which I think is a nudge from God to let me know that I need to get back to what I know and stop wallowing. Your post, I am sure, was written after taking a peek in my “window”. Thank you for another confirmation that I did it once and I can do it again.