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Have You Ever Felt Like Your Daily List Feels Like An Unstable Tower Of Jenga Blocks?

  • Jul 6, 2023
  • 2 min read

Written by: Lynn Lessell, Senior Level Executive Contributor

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

Executive Contributor Lynn Lessel

Have you ever felt like every day feels like you’re playing another game of Jenga?

A photo of jenga blocks.

This strategic game invites you to construct a mountain of odd pieces increasing the risk that at some point the tower is bound to come tumbling down as you remove one piece at a time. Sometimes an average day can feel like this as your to-do list appears to get higher from moment to moment.


You may be thinking about the “tower” of responsibilities and unexpected circumstances that yet again seem to be self-constructing themselves around you each day.


If you take another look at this “tower of Jenga”, that list of “must do” items that stand before you, how can you view this mass of things with emotional strength so you don’t even feel that potential tap that brings the tower crumbling down?


“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.” – Al Neuharth

Though you might not be able to predict what can occur, how might you focus on minimizing the mountain of responsibilities stacked up on your list and strengthen yourself instead?


You may say to yourself that it’s not possible to reduce that mountain to a molehill. Is that true?


So, what might you like to do that you’re not already doing to experience more inner peace rather than exhausting yourself to complete the never-ending list?


“ME” time won’t jump on the daily “tower of Jenga” itself. It’s up to you to choose how high you build the tower and when you choose to climb over it to prioritize yourself.


A big misconception is that “ME” time is a luxury. The truth is it’s a necessity!


So, set yourself up with some “ME” time regularly and become stronger no matter what the day stacks onto your list.


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Lynn Lessell, Senior Level Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine

Lynn Lessell is a certified health and life coach. Her journey through multiple traumas felt like a rollercoaster of anxiety, exhaustion, and guilt, which caused her to feel a loss of self. When she finally hit rock bottom, she realized something had to change so she could balance personal and business to love her life again. She’s known to her clients as the Identity Coach for helping them discover the secret identity that’s been buried deep within. She is CEO of Itz Why LLC where she helps career moms, like herself, that feel frustrated, exhausted, & guilty from being pulled in multiple directions, to take back control quickly, regain energy & time, and love their life again the way they want to. She is the author of the upcoming book Merging ME, creator of the Level It Up Program, “ME” Monday® and leader of a support group for professionals called Inner Power Partners currently in three cities.

 
 

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