Boundaries are important.
They are what help us stay healthy . I already wrote one blog on boundaries. You can read it here. That blog goes into more detail about what boundaries are and what types one might have.
In this blog, I want to talk about the importance of knowing your limits to remain healthy.
Do you ever find yourself in a moment where everything seems to be piling up and you appear to have scheduled everything. All at once. In the same week. And have no time?
I think we have all been there. But, what we choose to do in those moments, and what we do to prevent those moments from happening again, is important.
I totally get that some things are unavoidable.
But there are concrete things we can do to make sure we are taking care of ourselves in the process.
This is where boundaries are key.
This week is pretty hectic for me. I am leading music on a retreat this weekend, and need to get everything squared away. Luckily, I just need to put it together.
I work and get my clients in before I leave. Pretty much every hour of my days are accounted for from now until Sunday evening.
If I look at the whole picture. My whole week. All at once, I may panic or have anxiety.
So it is important for me right now, to take each hour as it comes. Not looking at the other things I have to do.
Simply focusing on what is most pressing at this moment.
Also, I have to eat well. Because if I eat junk then I’ll feel like junk and all the things will not get done.
Being able to say no to things during this time is also huge.
It is clear that I over booked myself. But there is really nothing I can let go of right now, or bail on. I don’t like bailing.
What I can do right now is be specific in my choosing to do something for someone or not. And right now, my answer will more than likely be no. But it is not because I don’t want too. It is simply because ,
I know that I will not be able to give my best to anything else right now.
What is on your plate right now?
Can you let go of anything?
It is okay to say no.
Take care of yourself .
Be encouraged,
Rachael
Accepting The Peace 
Good advice, Rachael. Thanks for sharing the reminders. It is so each to become weary in well-doing and forget the importance of saying no where a schedule or someone else’s agenda of “shoulds” starts to assert control.
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Good advice, Rachael. Thanks for sharing the reminders. It is so easy to become weary in well-doing and forget the importance of saying no where a schedule or someone else’s agenda of “shoulds” starts to assert control.
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