Sound familiar?

Wow, my first entry. I'm anxious, yet excited. Nervous and exhilarated. Sound familiar?

"Sounds familiar"..I should probably have called my blog that before picking my brain trying to come up with a name that suited it's content. Then again, I'm a spur of the moment kinda guy (should I have kept that a secret?).

Back to "Sounds familiar" though. This happens to me all the time. I enter a conversation and suddenly I hear these things of which I thought I was the only one. Do you get that? I bet you do. I bet everybody does.

Yet, there are times I truly feel alone with my thoughts. I get caught up in them. I get caught up in them so much that I actually forget. I forget how important it can be to share, to soundboard. I forget how relieving the acknowledgement of others can be on myself.

So there I am, alone with my thoughts as they start to weigh on me. I start more thinking. Thinking on the thinking.
"I should mingle.", "I should get more active.", "I should start yoga, meditation, mindfulness, eat healthy, stop drinking.", the list goes on. With all that thinking, with all those "I should"'s I put so much pressure on myself I actually feel overwhelmed causing me to crawl back into a corner to overthink what I just thought.

Sound familiar?

Mind you, all the stuff I mentioned helps me. It helps me to center, to keep focus and stay healthy. But the single most important thing I, or anyone, can do is simply to open my mouth.
You'd be surprised how often I get a "sounds familiar!" back. Letting me know I'm not alone in this.

So, I am here to tell you. You are not alone in this!

See you on the flipside!

B. P.