Perspective

If anyone is struggling with something my go to response is "write it down." I don't know if that works for everyone but it certainly works for me. If you had a bad day, write it down. If you don't know whether to do some thing or not, write it down. If you have a lot to accomplish today, tomorrow, this week, write it down. No matter what it is, WRITE IT DOWN! 

Writing things out, for me, allows me to get perspective on a certain event or situation. When I can put my thoughts to paper it's easier for me to see what's troubling me, I can organize my thoughts better and it allows me to stay focused on a task. 

Most of the time, I write about an unpleasant event that I went through or when I'm conflicted about something. I do write about positive things too but mostly I write about the unpleasant because that's how I sort my troubles out. Whether it's something that happened at work, at home, with my boyfriend, I write it down. 

If any of y'all are struggling with something, anything, I encourage you all to put pen to paper. 

I have found that after I'm done writing I feel much better. My head is clearer and I don't feel so burdened. 

Again, I don't know if it'll work for everyone, especially if some of you aren't good writers. And I don't mean that you have to be a modern day Shakespeare to write but sometimes people just don't communicate well. Still, I urge you to try. Even just once. You don't have to show anyone what you are writing, it's purely for you. Only you can understand what you are trying to convey and that's all who needs to understand. 

Ex: I got into a real terrible fight with my boyfriend and I was certain that I wanted to end things. 

I took out my notebook and put all my thoughts and feelings into it. While writing, I noticed my anger and frustration turned into something else. Love. I realized that when seeing it on paper, what we fought about was just so incredibly silly, and that even through the anger and frustration I loved him with all my heart and there was no reason to throw away what we had. 

Ex.2: I had a lot of things I wanted to accomplish but I was getting overwhelmed. 

I made a list of all the things I wanted to do. 

Clean my room.

Find a school that has my major. 

Do laundry. 

Put money in my savings. 

Make appointment at the vet for the dog. 

Etc. 

Then, I thought about each one and decided what would be easiest to accomplish first. I put a #1 by it. Then I picked the next easiest and put a #2. Then, out of what was left I numbered them in order of importance. After that was finished, I didn't feel so overwhelmed and I felt better about what I had to accomplish. 

Sometimes a little perspective is all we need and writing can do that for us. It allows us to see all aspects of a situation or event we couldn't see before because we were so caught up in our feelings about whatever it was that happened. 

So, give it a shot and see if it works for you! 

With Love & Support, 

Anxiety Girl - xoxo