What a crazy couple of days both politically (OK, weeks…) and personally speaking (my business travel schedule for the upcoming weeks is a little overwhelming). I just keep playing in my head “let’s just stand in a circle around our shoes and our pocketbooks
and just dance” (if you don’t know Dane Cook, feel free to never read this blog again because he’ll come up… numerous times) and shit just keeps getting tossed in the way. Imagine yourself and your band of girlfriends get on the dance floor and said shoes and pocketbooks are tossed into the middle of the circle, and you’re dancing around them, and then a fucking asteroid lands in the middle of your favorite clutch and new heels. Bam. Gone. Burning ball of fire, lava, etc., encompasses your favorite accessories and you immediately regret going out. Is it bad that I have an actual fear of that? Not of an asteroid, but that I’ll take a favorite wardrobe piece and wear it out and something awful will happen to it? Sometimes I feel like my life just exists with these unexplainable fears, and I don’t really address them because I know they’re ridiculous… but they’re just there?

So maybe things aren’t that bad… or bad at all, just busy with no signs of slowing down a bit. Unfortunately I haven’t had a ton of time for multiple gym sessions/ day, trying out new clean eating recipes, and so on… but I know I need to make more of an effort on my end. In addition, I feel as though this is definitely a creative outlet for myself that I have sort of neglected and I am feeling that neglect.

I think they most important thing to remember is that your health and mental wellness should be of utmost priority to all of us. Everyone is busy. Sometimes, I feel as though explaining how “busy” you are is somehow like a pissing contest. Who has gone to the most meetings, the most hours put in at the office, or who has the least work/life balance is the winner. Why? Being busy does not make you a better employee, or better individual. In fact, taking care of yourself and making sure that your health and well-being are ranked #1 will make it easier to prioritize at the office. If you don’t believe me, then at least take some advice from Michael Scott:

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