Take a Deep Breath – LaundromatHowTo

Recently I have been very busy with a bunch of projects.

I’m sure many are in the same situation dealing with kids, school, events, business and all of the other interesting things that come up.

Every so often it’s time to take a deep breath and regain control.

Here are a few of the things on the top of my list.

1- A while ago I had lists everywhere of things that “needed to be done”.

The world was going to end if I didn’t complete everything on the list and I would lay awake trying to plan how it was going to get done, what my schedules would be day to day and minute by minute. How would the budgeting work out?

Then one day I just threw all of the lists away. Crumpled up all of the sheets of paper, sticky notes and wiped of the whiteboards.

Guess what happened? Nothing!!

The world continued to turn, business stayed running, and the best part….. I felt relaxed.

Over the next few days and weeks, some items floated back to the top and they were taken care of as needed.

This method may not work for everybody but another option would be to give your list to a spouse or business partner or mentor and say “Edit this for me”.

2- Another of my all-time favorite methods is to get a good paperback novel, real paper, preferably from a used bookstore so it’s already broken in a little and just disappear into it for a day or two. If I can add a warm breeze and maybe some waves in the background even better but a big chair and big windows work just as well.

3- A more recent method has been to grab my camera and search out a cool place that I have probably seen a thousand times and look at it through the lens. Taking the time to look at things in more detail and the limited scope of the frame blocks out the “big picture” for a while.

You don’t need a DSLR for this if you have a good phone. Download a couple of apps like Touch ReTouch, or Snapseed, watch a couple of the tutorials or YouTube videos and play around with some pictures.

Recently a took some pictures of an old brass box that we have had for years and spent some time doing some research on it Storage Box. It was a nice break from the ordinary.

What do you do when it’s time to take a deep breath?

Ken