"The antidote to overthinking isn't more thinking - the antidote is ACTION."
I feel like my daily life is written by the author of the "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie" series.
Last week I went deep diving into this closet looking for something I was sure we owned.
I pulled everything out of this closet.
By the end, I had decided it wasn't all going back in. I put a few things in the "dog box" for bathing/crating the dog. I put a few more things in other locations. I put the most things in the back of my car to donate.
As I did this chore, I played the same soundtrack I've been playing for 20 years.
"I'm not organized."
"I'm not good at housekeeping."
"A better wife/mother would be able to keep up with ALL the things and find them."
I finished clearing out the closet. Grabbed baskets from a few places and declared that things now have a home.
And as a bonus, found the item I was looking for.
As I keep returning to this closet over the last week, I realized that the story I tell myself isn't true.
This closet is proof.
I am organized.
I can do housekeeping.
I am a "good enough" wife and mother.
The soundtrack I play in my mind colors my days, my decisions and my experiences.
I'm the only one who can play a different soundtrack.
My latest read suggests if I want to stop overthinking things I have to change my own soundtrack.
Select a better playlist.
I got out a spiral notebook this week and I'm writing it down.
I am organized.
I am able to house keep. (is that thing?)
I am a good enough wife/mother.
I'm also writing down soundtracks I hear that inspire me (at this author's suggestion) . Soundtracks that make me smile.
Maybe my new soundtrack might be "Alright, Alright, Alright."
Mama Warriors, if we want to capture our thoughts I challenge you to chose your soundtrack.
Flip the script.
Speak to yourself as if you were your own best friend.
Alright, alright, alright.
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