The Stress of Unfinished Business

Have you been meaning to do something, but never get around to doing it? Maybe its cleaning out the back seat of your car. Maybe its talking to your spouse about an annoying habit that she has( like that constant smacking every time she eats popcorn during a movie). Or maybe its just returning a few phone calls to people that you really don't want to talk to but know you should at least call back.

Now let me set the record straight before some of you who know me start to shout "Hypocrite!". I have my fair share of unfinished business. But what I do know is that by taking care of the majority of it, my life stays less stressful.

So what do I do? I do a mental inventory every couple days or so about what keeps looping in my head. You know, those little thoughts that pop up every few minutes or so that say, "you know, you really should pay that bill today, or you know, you really need to call you mom back". Those thoughts.

If those same thoughts were looping around in my head last week, then I know I must take care of whatever it is right now( or by the end of the day at least). If I don't then my head keeps getting more and more crowded with more and more things that need to get done. And what happens when things get too crowded? Well just think about being in an elevator. At first your by yourself, OK no problem. Then two people come on board, still no problem. Now a third person, now its getting a bit cramped. Now ten more people from the convention in the hotel just ran to the elevator at the last minute to get on board. That's when the claustrophobia really sets in which leads to massive amounts of STRESS. That scenario is what happens in our minds everyday unless we learn to take care of our unfinished business.

So go check your mind and let me know how crowded it is in there.

Wishing you the best,

Dr. John Zipp