Tuesday, September 16

How To Stop the Crazy Before It Starts

Anne of Modern Mrs. Darcy had an excellent post recently on Trigger Points. She descibes trigger points as "metaphorical buttons" that, when pushed, consistently cause us to pretty much lose it.

Although technically geared toward a homeschool audience, I highly recommend checking out her post, because the core message applies to us all. Given that we are well on our way into Fall, with the holidays close behind, it seems particularly timely. 

Although I wouldn't have been able to articulate it nearly as well as she did, I spent a lot of time over the summer thinking about what I want life to look like and where it is not conforming. I returned to work after my few weeks off with refreshed boundaries and redefined priorities.  I've done a little revising of my strategies to help me avoid hitting my "trigger points,"  and a lot of de-cluttering, physically and mentally.

Before the holidays are upon us and we find ourselves hurtling into a new year with the same chaos, frustration, and sugar-withrawl induced depression that typically categorize that season, take a minute to read the post, and think about your trigger points. The world will never be perfect, but there's a lot we can (and should!) do to limit our craziness.

What makes you crazy?


those metaphorical buttons that may or may not cause us to flip out when they’re pushed too hard. - See more at: http://modernmrsdarcy.com/2014/09/trigger-points/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ModernMrsDarcy+%28modern+Mrs.+Darcy%29#sthash.DA5vLYXG.dpuf
those metaphorical buttons that may or may not cause us to flip out when they’re pushed too hard. - See more at: http://modernmrsdarcy.com/2014/09/trigger-points/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ModernMrsDarcy+%28modern+Mrs.+Darcy%29#sthash.DA5vLYXG.dpuf
those metaphorical buttons that may or may not cause us to flip out when they’re pushed too hard. - See more at: http://modernmrsdarcy.com/2014/09/trigger-points/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ModernMrsDarcy+%28modern+Mrs.+Darcy%29#sthash.DA5vLYXG.dpuf
those metaphorical buttons that may or may not cause us to flip out when they’re pushed too hard. - See more at: http://modernmrsdarcy.com/2014/09/trigger-points/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ModernMrsDarcy+%28modern+Mrs.+Darcy%29#sthash.DA5vLYXG.dpuf
those metaphorical buttons that may or may not cause us to flip out when they’re pushed too hard. - See more at: http://modernmrsdarcy.com/2014/09/trigger-points/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ModernMrsDarcy+%28modern+Mrs.+Darcy%29#sthash.DA5vLYXG.dpuf
those metaphorical buttons that may or may not cause us to flip out when they’re pushed too hard. - See more at: http://modernmrsdarcy.com/2014/09/trigger-points/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ModernMrsDarcy+%28modern+Mrs.+Darcy%29#sthash.DA5vLYXG.dpuf
those metaphorical buttons that may or may not cause us to flip out when they’re pushed too hard. - See more at: http://modernmrsdarcy.com/2014/09/trigger-points/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ModernMrsDarcy+%28modern+Mrs.+Darcy%29#sthash.DA5vLYXG.dpuf

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