Regrouping?

Do you ever get to certain points in your day and just feel totally frazzled and feel like you need to step back, sit down and regroup?

I often get to feeling this way if I have been overscheduling myself and I have been running around from here to there without a break for too long.

For this reason I try to only schedule one activity/appointment outside of the house per day. If I need to go and do some shopping - then that is our activity for the day.

I do have to be careful about how much I 'do' at home as well however, if I start getting involved in too many sewing projects/cooking projects/brilliant ideas at the time - I can start to feel overwhelmed as well.

I realised a while ago that overscheduling leaves me feeling this way and was able to implement this 'rule' as such.

However, I have started to realise recently that inside my head can get a little frazzled as well when I am trying to concentrate on too many things at once.

For example; if I am at a meeting and also need to look after the little one at the same time - I find I worry about him getting into mischief and then I can't follow the line of conversation. It makes me feel completely drained!

When I come away from these situations I have trouble regrouping. I replay scenarios in my head and worry about things I have said. We live in a 2-degree of separation type of town and I worry about whether something I have say may have offended anyone even remotely.

I think that since having a baby my internal filing system is a bit out of what and all of the information I have processed just floats around in my brain for a while annoying me.

THe only solution I have is some quiet time away with a magazine and a cup of tea - a little bit of meditative time - if the child allows...

Listening to some nice quiet music can also help....

As can a lovely home cooked meal and some happy time with the family...

Do you have any tips on how you regroup yourself after feeling frazzled adn overwhelmed?

Comments

[Leigh from 123 blog]

We also have that same rule of only one outside the house activity a day - otherwise I have cranky babies which is really NO FUN.

When I get overwhelmed I make a list and the list is nowhere near as big as I thought it would be - always!

When I'm overwhelmed by people stuff (which is just too much in a day for me - I like being with people but I need periods of downtime in between), I like to go home and relax with a cup of tea the MINUTE the babies go to bed.

[Andrea]

yes yes - I agree on the cup of tea - it is a MUST!!

[se7en]

I insist on a rest after lunch - everybody down time... mainly for me to gather myself!!! We have a strict no outings on consecutive days. I learnt with my first born that if we did a wonderful stimulating outing every day we ended up totally over stimulated - very quickly it became one day on and one day off... No exceptions!!!