Procrastination leads to overwhelm. Overwhelm leads to procrastination. It’s a vicious cycle.
I’m in a writing group that meets via Zoom on Monday mornings. That’s when I write my blog post for the week. Sometimes we get into conversations and don’t get around to writing. And that’s OK we’re all Equine Gestaltists and the conversations are always needed. We haven’t written for the last three weeks. The first two because we were drawn into conversations. This week we were tired from Summit, the Touched By A Horse® yearly conference.
Last week I didn’t get a blog post written. I didn’t make the time I needed to sit down, write, and put it on the website. This week I knew before I went to bed on Sunday that we weren’t going to meet Monday morning. One would think I would have sat down during the regularly scheduled time. Alas, I didn’t. Now it’s Tuesday evening and I’m struggling with inspiration.
In the Equine Gestalt Coaching® program, we work on values. Both those values that we live by every day and those we’d like to keep out of our lives. In the EGC program, the ones we’d like to keep out of our lives are called move away from values. We come up with rules to keep us moving in the right direction for our values.
My number one move away from value is overwhelm. When I get overwhelmed, I procrastinate. Then I get more overwhelmed. Last week was one of those times when things went spiraling out of control. I had a deadline to leave for Summit in Elizabeth, CO. Before I moved it was much easier to get there. It was not quite a three-and-a-half-hour drive. This year I had an added four hours and 42 minutes to that.
I had gifts for the graduates that I needed to take. I was also taking some wine for a fundraising event for Hope Through Horses. There was a mix-up in the shipping, so I thought we had arranged to send it directly to Colorado. Then I got a message with the shipping, and it was coming here. It was supposed to arrive on Monday. When it finally came on Tuesday, I asked the driver what had happened. He replied it wasn’t on the truck.
I wanted to make a stop in Oakley and pick up some things from the house. Originally, I was going to stop on Sunday, pack stuff up and spend the night. That wasn’t going to work out well for my ranch sitter or my horses. So, I decided to leave on Tuesday, spend the night, and figure out what I wanted to bring back home on Wednesday morning. Drive through on Sunday, pick it up, and drive home.
All seemed fine until I woke Tuesday morning. My back was hurting, and I didn’t feel well. Of course, I had left too much to do before I left. I was moving like molasses. I talked with my friend who was coming to watch the animals and she suggested that I not go. That’s not an option! I muddled through with John’s help. Although I did decide to stop and see my chiropractor on the way.
I left Oskaloosa for Oakley around 5:30 pm. I stopped about two hours from Oakley and took a nap. I didn’t get there until after 1:00 am. I was beat – not a great way to start a weekend conference. The next morning, I did a little work and decided what needed to come home with me on the trip back.
I’d like to say Summit refreshed me. As usual, I stayed up too late most nights. It did send me home with new ideas to upgrade my business and my life.
Do you get into the loop of overwhelm and procrastination? Would you like to sort out your values and create the rules around them? Let the horses and me guide you through it. If you feel like you’re too far from me to come for a session, we can schedule full days as well. Click the link below to schedule a free exploratory Zoom.
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