I am back. I have a million things to do and what a better way to avoid them then to blog about all the things I have to do. Seriously though, this blog post is about managing stress and trusting in the universe.
I would like to start off by saying I may have booked myself a little tight for June. I will just give you a little glimpse into my upcoming month. Today I am headed to Toronto for a meeting, then celebrating with friends who just bought their first business, tomorrow is early Father's day, Wednesday I leave for a week to Pittsfield Vermont to help crew for a friend who is racing a truly insane race, then that Sunday I am moving out of my house and briefly living with my folks, 3 days later I leave for Rothbury to attend an amazing music festival for 5 days, when I return I get the keys to my new house, start painting, that weekend I move in, and then the following weekend I do my 100 km walk. Somewhere in there I need to pack for my move, pack for both my trips, raise $250 more dollars for my walk, workout 3 days a week, run once a week and somewhere in there try to keep to a budget and eat healthy. None of this is including the fact that we are launching a huge new project at work and I have a new/old boss. I would like to note that I am fully aware that I booked all of this in and LOVE it.
Well here is where the actually "stressful" part kicks in. I have been having trouble nailing down a contractor to give my a quote on renovating the basement of my new house. I need to get it before I move so I can have that amount rolled into my mortgage. I also need that done so I can have a rental unit and be able to afford the house I bought. I have had a tough start with this, which I thought had passed once I had someone through last week to give me a quote. Very nice guy, was actually very excited that the other ones hadn't come through because he seemed like the perfect person for the job. Now he is not returning my calls. Did I mention I leave for a trip out of the country Wednesday?
Anyways I have lots of choices at this point. I can stress out, cry, break down, try to push my stress onto others, be grumpy or on the flip side I can roll with it. I am not going to lie a month ago this all stressed me out, I cried and had a melt down. Luckily my realtor is also an amazing friend of mine who coached me wonderfully through my moment of weakness. Today I have decided not to let this get to me. It will all work out. Maybe it will turn into a huge mess but that mess must be something I need or the universe wouldn't have ordered that up for me. If I can get through this month everything from here out should seem like a breeze right?
Trusting in the universe is hard. There will be times when you will confuse that trust with giving up or not taking action. Don't let this doubt fool you. Do what you can and let go of the rest. By the way I am not saying do nothing, I am saying take ownership of all the things you can control and trust that the rest will take care of itself.
Now I am off to enjoy my crazy busy life :)
