I’m wondering how your head copes with overwhelm. Do you shut down, freeze and feel disabled? Or do you go up a few gears and turn superhuman? Either way, I’d bet it pulls down your mental health.

I had painters at home recently and it turned our house upside down. It was easier to move most of the downstairs to upstairs than try to cover it all up and still be able to access the ceilings. There were messy repairs, everything was stoorie and the rooms are big.  

It’s tiring because real life goes on inside it all. Double the effort to live normally. I’ve noticed my mental health dips quickly with these things. There’s nobody to pick up loose ends and overwhelm arrives fast.  

I’ve worked very hard to bring back balance both physically in the home and mentally, in my mind’s home. One of my daughters helped illustrate this for me by saying I had “too many tabs open”. A perfect description.

So when your next dip hits, ask yourself how many tabs you have open. Are you needing to pop yourself on charge for a bit to be able to go again? I am. It’s why I can’t always reply (and I don’t like that, but needs must).  

Overall, our jobs will get done more effectively if we tortoise instead of hare. And I really like tortoises. 

Love from 

The room above the garage

A Moodscope member