Putting the Hard Stuff Away

Do you have a situation you just can’t stop thinking about and is getting in the way of focusing on what you want to be doing? Try this to help…

First sit in a comfortable seat with both feet on the floor, if this is possible for you, and sit up as best you can, so you can breathe fully and deeply.

Now, let’s help you to put that situation or thing that won’t let you focus on what you want or need to do, in a safe place, to deal with later, when you do have time and support to be able to work on it.

Now that you are sitting comfortably and have made space in your body to let you breathe as best you can….let’s practice…

Breathe in through your nose, and then breathe out through your mouth….

Try doing that a few times to make sure you are breathing as smoothly and deeply as you can, and that your body is comfortable.

Breathe in through your nose, and then breathe out through your mouth…. keep doing that….

Now as you sit comfortably, breathing nicely, picture a trunk. The one I see in my mind is big, and red, and made of wood, with metal straps all over it. What do you want the trunk that holds your stuff for later to look like? Can you see it? Can you imagine it? Mine is big and heavy, what is yours?

Once you have a good idea of what your trunk looks like, put a lock on it. Make sure it’s secure for only you to open. My lock looks like a big metal one with a huge keyhole….my friend uses a combination lock for hers…..someone else uses their fingerprint to open theirs, what does yours look like? Make sure it can lock your trunk….

Now…. keep breathing in through your nose, and out through your mouth…sitting comfortably, in your chair….

As you breath, now take that situation, you keep thinking about, or that you know about but don’t have time to work on right now, and put it in your trunk….

Do you have enough space in there? Make sure your trunk fits it all nicely….

Sometimes your stuff doesn’t want to be held off,

…. If it’s hard to keep it in the trunk, just tell it you are keeping it safe to deal with when you can. That when you are in a better place to look at it, or deal with it, you’ll open it up and work on it. But for now, it’s safe and away. Lock it up to be sure.

Now, just keep being comfortable, in your chair, and breath, as you look at the trunk. What color is it? What is it made out of? The lock is secure and you can open it when you want to. You 41 can now put things away in your trunk or bring it up when you want to, and now you have control over it, not the other way around.

Breathe in through your nose, and out through your mouth, a few more times, to get used to your stuff away, safe, in a trunk, for later….In through your nose and out through your mouth….

Now you are more ready to go do what you want or need to do. You now have a place to put stuff when it comes up, to deal with when you have the support and whatever help you need, to deal with it. Now, you can better manage your day…