Trying to reset | I hope to return to pre-holiday mode

After the emotional chaos that was the holiday season and the unruly aftermath that followed, I’ve been trying to reset.

Along with letting go of responsibilities, I feel like I also let go of my edge. And I’ve been trying to get it back.

I realized that because I finally had time to care about everything else outside of work, it pretty much took over my life and is now overflowing into my day-to-day.

So what did I do, and how did I do it?

I needed a reset

Once I realized what was wrong, I realized it was a bit hard to just try and be like before.

It was hard to suddenly focus 110% again into everything after such an eventful holiday season.

There was so much more on my mind. And so many more people on my mind.

Not that I don’t love them, but I needed to put what mattered to me first.

To me, that meant a reset. A reset of what’s in front of me to put my mind in the right mindset.

The way I approached everything around me, my relationship, my career, my family, was all scrambled over the holidays.

I believed a reset will help me re-adjust to this pre-holiday mode.

How did I do it?

I really didn’t have a choice at the time. Being in a very bad headspace, I really wasn’t okay with everything life was throwing my way.

I felt like I was losing control, and that things were just happening to me.

After realizing that I needed to regain control, I analyzed all the areas in my life that are suffering and thought about the common denominator.

To me, it was my rampant emotional state.

I realized that I needed to tone it down, and introduce curiosity and logic into this.

And so, I reset and started taking all my relationships with a different approach. A less emotional approach.

Slowly, but surely, I’m beginning to see that it was the right move for me and what I am aiming to accomplish.

Slowly going back

I know that it’s hard.

Life is unpredictable sometimes and it can be full of ups and downs when you least expect it.

Just remember that you can always pick it back up.

It’ll just take effort and persistence.

I’m sounding like a motivational speaker now.

Those of you who haven’t read anything else, this is not me.

Anyways, what do you think? Are you going to do a new year reset?

Let me know in the comments!

Check out my last article on new beginnings.

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Thank you so much for reading.

Love always,

Alex