When I get stressed I start running in my head. I start allowing my thoughts to run like crazy and I find myself replaying conversations, practicing new conversations and figuring out the best way to move forward.

I can find myself taken over by something so small that really will never matter in 5 years but at this exact moment I am so taken by it, it can be all that I see. I am not able to move myself away from it and it replays over and over again.

What does this do for me? It gives me a sense of control. When life is not going my way, I can take control back by playing it over and over again so I can make sure I am ready for when it happens next time.

The sad part is that next time never comes. Why? Because this is life and moments come and go. You can not control life, you can only live it. Planning over and over again in my head about one moment that has past or will occur soon doesn’t place me at the best spot. It holds me back.

It holds me back because I am spending all my time trying to figure out the end. I am trying to pick the perfect response or answer but in reality, I won’t know until it happens.

Yes I can learn from my mistakes. Yes I can reflect on my experience but running it over and over in my head and stressing myself out is not always the best thing to do.

Sometimes you have to let go and just believe in the best. Believe you will handle it the best you can and things will work out in the end, one way or another.

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