Occasionally I struggle when falling asleep. The other night was an example of this; I fell asleep around 3:00am or 3:30am. All together I slept about two hours that night. I had a Life Coaching meeting that morning at 7:30am. I gave up caffeine three weeks prior, I gave in and decided to have some caffeinated coffee, but before the coffee could kick in I was already driving to my coaching group. I was merging from one freeway to another and my turn signal light stayed on. I attempted several times to turn off the blinker, but only managed to turn on and off the windshield wipers multiple times. I stared at the wipers dumbfounded. How could this be happening? I am trying to turn off the blinker, I said to myself.
I took a deep breath and asked myself, if the control for the blinker is not on the right of my steering wheel where could it be? Then inspiration hit “ahha, it must be on the left” and magically I could turn the blinkers off. I felt so silly all I could do was laugh. In case you were wondering the coffee did kick in eventually but by then I was already at the meeting with all my neurons firing. Often at times like this we judge ourselves harshly and I say don’t. Allow yourself a good laugh at your own expense and chalk it up to just one of those moments. If you only get one thing from reading this blog learn to take your-self lightly. A guide to follow is:
1. Learn not to be easily offended
2. Learn to laugh and enjoy yourself when you’re silly:
don’t consider it a character flaw.
You will have a much more relaxed life when you practice these ideas.
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Greta Jaeger, LPC, PLC
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