I was buried alive this morning at forest school, don’t worry it was only with leaves.
Alfie and his mates were having a leaf throwing fight and somehow I got involved. That somehow could possibly be because I picked up his best friend and put him down in a pile of leaves 😉
In the end, we all took it in turns to get buried and jump out to scare people who pretended they didn’t know they were there.
The sound of the giggling as they were burying me was amazing, it really gave me a lift.
I’ve felt really tired all day today and have struggled to get going. I’ve got through the basics but will only tick of 2 of my 4 tasks for today.
We went to bed late last night and had a really disturbed sleep. I’m being kind to myself and will simply switch some things over to tomorrow and have an early night tonight.
It’s too easy to just add more to your day and bury your head in the sand with regard to how much you can actually achieve.
Tasks keep piling up and you can quite literally feel like you’re being buried alive and overwhelmed.
We tend to get overwhelmed when things are moving at a speed we’re not happy with, that could be too fast, too slow or stationary. We feel out of control and start panicking about how the situation will improve.
What can you do?
Something, anything really, just get started. Taking action helps, that action could be accepting that it will not all get done. It could be taking a step back and prioritising the things that will have the biggest impact and need to be done and passing the other things off to another person or day when you have space.
The one thing that helps but we seem to avoid where possible, especially us blokes, is asking for help.
You haven’t failed by asking for help.
You won’t be seen as weaker by asking for help.
Sometimes, it’s necessary to admit that we’re not invincible and accept that somebody might actually be better at the thing we need doing or have the experience to make it a much less daunting task by simply talking you through it.
Did you get out to a park today for a walk? Did you manage to keep your phone in your pocket?
Tomorrow, we’ve got another little circuit.
Set a timer to buzz every 60 seconds. Do 5 press ups, 4 up dog, down dogs and 3 burpees, the rest until the buzzer goes again. Do a total of 10 rounds.
Darren “leaf blower” Checkley
