Control Doesn’t just happen, you need to create it.

Two years ago we entered a new way of life. A way that none of us have ever had to adjust to before.  Even if you were alive in 1918 the world has changed so much that it doesn't even matter if you had been there.  In 1918 if this had happened everyone would be home and that’d be it.  We wouldn’t all be working from home, schooling from home, teaching from home, ect.  

With all of these changes it was easy to fall into chaos.  It was easy to feel like life was happening to you and you had no control.  You may STILL be resigned to that fact then it's just going to continue.  The only way to gain control is to take it, anxiety and depression tends to arise from a feeling of a lack of control.  The only way to combat it is take back control.  

Start with the small steps you can control.  If you're not sure what they are, then make a list of things you used to have the hang of that now feel like they are out of control.  For example let's use food. Maybe it became harder than ever to cook every day.  Taking control of your food may be cooking for a few days out if you feel like you’ve fallen off.  

These things compound, when you regain control of one thing, it creates time to take control of a second, then a third, ect.  It doesn't have to be huge changes, maybe it's as simple as controlling what time you wake up in the morning.  Start there and move onto the next small thing.  I know you can do it!

Coach Adam