Loosening the brain vice.

I have always been the kind of person that just has to be going all the time (while still being just a little bit lazy...how does that work). Thinking ahead to what I have to get done, thinking of the most efficient way that I can get my tasks completed, thinking about what I can get accomplished now, so I don't have to worry about it when I'm swamped enough during the school year, etc., etc., etc....That's all part of being a Busy Bee, after all. But, my thoughts are always zipping around at the speed of light. Sometimes, I even have trouble trying to remember what I wanted to put on my list of things to remember! It can really be quite exhausting. The thoughts just race each other while spinning and fluttering around each other. They keep going and going and going until....

I'm all tuckered out!

Okay. I know I probably sound just a wee bit crazy. It's not like I have a problem focusing, 'cause I don't, unless I'm tired, but who doesn't have that problem? My brain just never really stops working, which I think is pretty apparent to those who know me. My thing is that pretty much everything is thought-provoking to me. From the things that people say and/or do, to things that the typical person wouldn't normally give any thought to in a day, and everything in between. I can honestly find the simplest things to be fascinating. Take for example, a rock. Yeah....a rock. I can pick up a rock and think of how amazing it would be if I were able to see what the rock has "seen". I think about how long the rock has been there, where it was before it ended up in my hands, and if it were at the bottom of the huge lake that is now Manitoba. You might laugh, but this is how life really is for me! Some may see a commercial on T.V. and think absolutely nothing of it. As for me, I think of how much money would have gone into making the commercial, how many people were involved in the process of creating the commercial, and why the company chose that particular commercial to advertise their product, when there were probably many other options to choose from. 

It's not like this every second of every day, but this gives you a little glimpse of what sort of things happen in this head of mine. So, the whole point of this post (there's always a point, after all) is to remind myself, and everyone else, to quiet the brain down a little bit, every once in a while. I can just tilt my head back, close my eyes for a while, breathe deeply, focus on that breathing, heave a few sighs, sometimes I clench and relax my muscles, and then I feel like my brain is coming out of a giant vice. Try it! You don't have to follow the "instructions" or anything, as these are just a few suggestions that have helped me out before. I am certainly not the expert in this, as I very rarely do this sort of thing. But, as I make a vow that I will do this far more often, for my own physical and mental health, I encourage you to join me. What could it hurt, right? Let's take more time to relax and calm down, maybe take some time to go pick up some rocks to think about (=P). There. That's the Brittany version of "stopping to smell the flowers/roses". We would all feel so much better if we relax a little more, and that causes one of the best possible chain reactions. Enjoy!