At least that’s what it feels like. Last night I, again, had tons on my mind. All good things…plans for my summer, places to move my business, places for me to explore, friends in town to see, etc. You see, all good things.
It’s funny that all of these things decided to run a muck in my mind last night. I laid down pretty early, say around 9p. I didn’t get to sleep until around 1am or so.
So, what did I do during this time? I browsed around on the internet and played Words With Friends until I finally passed out. Lol. I love that game by the way! Let’s swap usernames and get to playing. 🙂
I need to come up with a better way to purge my thoughts before I head to bed. My journal gets the brunt of it but it is still fresh on my mind when it’s time for bed. Let me give you a scenario.
Let’s say I want to take a trip to Brazil and explore for a few months…maybe a year. Once the idea is in the brain, it gets busy on ways to make it happen. When would be a good time to go? Where would I stay? What will I take with me? I won’t need much. What will I do to occupy my time for these few months or a year? Questions upon questions.
Somewhere down the line there is something that stops me in my tracks. My brain then tries to get around it. This happens a few times which puts more work on my brain. More work means no sleep. It’s an endless cycle.
You may be asking, “What about meditation?” Ah yes, good old meditation. I love it! I really do. There are just some nights when I cannot quiet my brain long enough to get a good session in. Last night was one of them. Other nights meditation works wonders. Things are a bit more clear. Things flow more smoothly. Everything just falls into place.
Last night was a prime example of me trying to control WAY too much. It’s a known issue that I have and am working on. I need to just learn how to LET GO AND LET FLOW or LET GO LET GOD. Planning is good but not to the extent that I do it sometimes. The funny thing is I don’t even like to plan at least when it comes to me and mine. I just like to DO. It’s more fun that way. 😀
So, do you find yourself over planning a ton of things in your life? Does this planning keep you up at night? What things do you have in place to quiet your mind before bed time?