Bubbling Over

I can feel my emotional tiredness bubbling up at strange moments. Mostly, it happens when I am overstimulated (too much electronic and social media in my world - work and personal). I am finding myself taking adult time-outs. I just have to withdraw from things sometimes to regain perspective and to minimize stimulation levels.

I love networking, but I am realizing that I can only process so much and then I have to just stop.

I checked on my favorite beach place and they are basically booked into mid-June...I don't want to wait that long. I may have to find a secondary place to go for a couple of days or a weekend.  Just away and feeling the rhythms of the ocean will help.

Day 21 of 30 Days of Get Your Art On and Overload

I always write my post titles in the wrong order. I guess it doesn't really matter, but in my head, you should write about the first think in the post title first. It doesn't matter, but I do it on a regular basis.

So, overload.  I feel like everything is out of control and CRAZY.  Drivers and people who don't take responsibility for their kids, the crazy political kabuki theatre antics, the outlandish way issues and situations are portrayed by the news media.  This week, all that "stuff" is just like a burr under my saddle. I know it will be okay - I will work my way out of it soon, but for now, it is a little bit exhausting.
In an effort to combat the sensory overload, I did work in my art journal a bit. Again, I struggled a bit with the color matches, but I'm pretty happy with the end result.  I only have two pages left in J.O.Y. journal #2. Pretty exciting. :)

I just love the colors on the focal images. Makes me very happy to see ANYTHING neon. :)

And, tomorrow is FRIDAY!  That's always good news.

Overstimulated

I have about 812 things I need to be doing right now. I sort of walked around in circles for a little while and I decided that I was overstimulated and needed a mini-timeout.  I'm going to make a list of things I need to do today and tomorrow (before my trip) and then I'm going to prioritize them and put them in an order that makes sense.

The best part about getting older is being able to recognize things in myself and act on them. The fact that I get overstimulated leads to being less productive.  This brief moment here on the blog may seem like a waste of time to many, but it is five minutes that I can allow my brain to calm down and I can refocus. When I was younger, I just let the stimulus overwhelm me and I would spin around until I was exhausted, frustrated, lost or completely useless. Now, if I recognize things early enough, I can head some of it off at the pass.

So, today is about heading it off. Doing what I can and not worrying too much about the rest. Wish me luck.