An Over-Thinkers Perspective

23/03/2022

It's so easy to neglect yourself and there is so much stigma about therapy. But you know... It's hard - and it's still hard to this day... But I'm so glad I walked down this path. If we're ill, most of us will probably just take some paracetamol and get on with our day (that's me to a t) but after a while if the illness persists, we start to worry. What if it's this? what if it's that - then we consult google and find out we have 24 hours to live then FINALY go to the dr's or hospital to try and fix what's wrong.

Same with injuries, we have something a bit sore, we leave it for a bit - but when it gets worse, we go to the hospital or physio - but the point is eventually when we see this noticeable problem growing - We Get It Sorted.

Therapy is the same man. Just like our bodies and our health our brains need a checkup as well ... why do we take such good care of our physical health but disregard the mental - why are we so ashamed to talk about it. You wouldn't feel embarrased saying I have a broken bone or a fractured something. But when we talk about mental health - we shy away, wonder what people will say, will they judge?

F**k them.

That's their problem not yours. If you broke your leg or something and ended up in a wheelchair then someone laughed at you - how would that be percieved?

Food for thought.

Anyway I hope you have a fantastic rest of your week. The podcast should be back up and running in a couple of weeks so we'll say aiming for May! I'll have plenty to rant, I mean talk about.

20/03/2022

Thank you to Rhythmical Mike and Project Hoop for having me on the Taster Sessions Podcast - we spoke about various topics using the Mal Paper questions to empower and the Sussed Card Games since 2011 questions which were very insightful - lot of fun and deffo worth a watch! go check the episode out on youtube now!

This week we taste a new card game Mal Paper between our long term loved card game sussed!He’s the Rhythmical Mike, and RoRo’s the hula hooping delight - we ...

09/03/2022

Today we're talking about the pressure we put on ourselves, that higher standard we want to achieve, the amount of commitments we've made etc.

I'm really bad for this but I alwasy take on way too much that I can handle, and I'm now at a phase where I'm seeing what to persue and what to shelve because it can't all be carried. I'll end up becoming so scatty that I can't do anything as I'll be like sitting down to do one job on my list of things and my brain will go 'hang on you still haven't done any of these things you needed to do' and then I stress myself out to the point when I either do none of it, or I do bits of everything to a pretty low standard - and I'm not about half measures.

There are still things mulling around in my head that I'm thinking - I've not written enough music lately, we've not released any music in years, you wanted to write a catalogue of music for media, have you recorded this weeks podcast etc etc. But now I'm training my mind to think differently, I'm managing the most important things at a time (right now it's the new enterprise and this podcast) then I make time for music, as for releasing - it will come in time. The only person that's breathing down my neck is myself.

The more pressure we put on ourselves, we'll see ourselves becoming more anxious, stressed, erratic and generaly not where we need or want to be. Maybe have a look at what you've told yourself you're going to commit to and be honest. Does it all have to be done now? We spoke previously about consistency and pateince. Give yourself time, you'll get round to it all (I'm mostly speaking to myself here).

Go check out this weeks podcast and share it with a mate, your mum, your dog or your pet goldfish.

02/03/2022

This weeks podcast is about managing workflows and taking for foot off the gas, but do not stop. Here are some useful reasons why we all should (including me and I'm falling into this trap again)

1) When we go balls to the wall and constantly just go and get it 110% you very quickly burn yourself out - none of us are superhuman! If you encur a burnout it's like tearing a runner tearing a muscle. They have to stop, recover then slowly re-train and get back in the swing of things before they get back to the standard they were like months earlier ... if they'd hace just slowed things down they'd be a lot further on than they currently are.

2) When you've been absolutely caning it (and I mean last night before the essay is due caning it) it's really important to take your foot off the gas a bit as there's always more than one thing that needs to be done to achieve your goal - take the time to explore new ideas or areas you may have neglected whilst focusing on this one thing. This could even be spending time with friends and family - inspiration comes from all areas... just sayin.

3) Rest is a part of the progress, you should be scheduling time in for rest, because without it you might start resenting the work your doing, you could forget why you wanted to do it in the first place and most importantly you get to appreciate how far you've come which puts onto...

4) Reward yourself for what you've achieved. What you're doing is amazing and you need to remind yourself of that, treat yourself to something to keep that spark alive. All work and no play makes a dull boy/girl/person.

5) I really liked my analogy about the holiday and beach from this episode. You don't go away and just rush from one end to the other.. you take your time, soak it in and enjoy the process. SO ENJOY IT

Until next week, all the love. Go listen to this weeks podcast.

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21/02/2022

So sitting down to a new week with loads of new oppertunities and I looked at my plans for this creative enterprise that I've been working on for some time and I just felt so lost. I've done SO much planning, SO SO SO much preperation - and it feels like it's just out of reach.

I'm sitting here thinking what I should be doing? do I need to chase people up - is it a waiting game (some of it is) and I just belted out loud "Right... What do I need to do to get this F thing off the ground" this spurred me back to my list and write down every task neceserry to bring us to launch so far. I have kept it simple, I've kept it precise - looking back at our first episode where I spoke about breaking things down to their simplist matter and just DOING IT!

When you've got such a overthinking brain it's so easy to get lost in the details of - yes but what about the later phases, what about websites, what about marketing - F*** THAT NOISE make a plan, priorotise, action. I'm so close to this one I can literally taste it... I may be waiting on a few other people to respond to requests but in the meantime theres so much to be done.

Anyway - stop scrolling on insta and action that plan. And also tune into the pod ;)

In a bit x

**tdone

19/02/2022

So yesterday was a rough day. In fact it’s been a rough week, no… month(s).

I was on the brink of a pure emotional downpour and I honestly did not know who to turn to at the moment.

This text was probably one of the hardest to write - and will always be difficult for me to do due a history of toxic and abusive friendships. I’m 26 and life as you get older, gets more hectic - I always bang on about checking on people. But life’s busy and we forget … I do … I know you do… so it’s important to look at who’s around you and know who’s got the tools to go through the s**t and help pull you out the other side when you get stuck.

We had a 2 hour phone call today which … really helped me calm down on some things - by no means am I out of the woods, but I can see the path again - and I know if I ever lose my way a bit - I can check in

07/02/2022

We looked at this question in our last episode - think back on your life so far… what are some of the defining moments which have shaped you into the person you are today? - they don’t always have to be positive - remember a diamond has to undergo immense pressure before FINALY shining. And we are the same! Drop a comment below or slide into our dm’s with your throughts! And don’t forget to tune into our weekly podcast every Wednesday at 7pm (links to listen in bio 🪴🪴)

27/01/2022

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