Inspiration For The Weekend - The Perils Of Overthinking

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I always enjoy writing my little inspirational weekend posts because they enable me to put finger to key, reflect on the previous week and offer my own mind a small piece of solace directed towards the wider internet. This past week has been the most over-thought seven days of my life.

I know for a fact that I am incredibly guilty of listening to the wrong part of my cranial thoughts, I create situations in my head, work out how I'd handle them and then realise that they don't even exist. In fact I probably even drum up problems that don't even exist too, and this has slowly been getting worse and making me more paranoid about absolutely everything, more insecure about my relationships with people, and generally leaving me with the belief that everyone is out to get me. It's really not a nice feeling, so why does my brain continue to push thoughts to the forefront of my mind, twist situations into huge problems and make me think that I have to cocoon myself behind a comfortable cloud of projected happiness and okay-ness?

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My problem is control, I need to feel in control of absolutely everything to do with me and my life. If someone's talking about me, I want to find out why and sort it/them out. If everyone's drunk I want to be less drunk so I know what I'm doing. I always like to plan things, I'm overly organised, far too punctual and get angry if something falls out of schedule or doesn't quite happen how I imagined. I realise now that this is actually quite debilitating, especially as I'm about to enter the craziest, most whirlwind 6 months of my life. I have just under 28,000 words to write for various modules at uni, exams to take, a room to pack away, goodbyes to deliver to friends I've made in my uni city, find a 'proper' job, quit my current job, find a house, create a career etc etc... How much of that can I physically control?

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I have realised over the past 7 days that I really just need to stop over thinking and learn to let go. That's not going to happen overnight, but if I can find something else to control and occupy my mind then I can hopefully start to feel less discomfort around people I don't know, or in situations that may present themselves too me. If you have ever experienced anything I am describing then perhaps you have your own little methods of dealing with your anxiousness, feel free to share them with me. I have decided that I am going to try out these methods:

• Switch off all electronic devices (except my Kindle) at least an hour before I go to sleep.
• If I begin to feel myself drift off into unchartered over-thinking territory I will concentrate of thinking about the positives of the day and make a list in my head.
• I will make more of an effort to get to know someone by finding all about them, in a nice, moral, manner. 
• I will reserve one night a week to properly unwind, I'm talking candles, face masks, baths, the lot.
• Breathe in, breathe out, breath in, breathe out. Repeat. Infinitely.

Hopefully combining these methods will help to de-clutter my head, and make me feel more alive. There's nothing worse than feeling left behind, or sheltered from the rest of the world. This is one of the reasons why I enjoy blogging, and the #bbloggers and #lbloggers so much. Oh and why I tweet constantly. Twitter is a wonderful platform of expression and it's refreshing to communicate with complete strangers who share a passion, and offer support for each other. Thank-you for that.

Have a brilliant weekend <3