It is dangerous thinking that you cannot handle something. If you tell your brain, you cannot manage something, it will try to believe you. You do not want to make an enemy of yourself or your brain. Tell it only the good things you want it to hear. “I am making progress and feeling better about myself. I think that if I continue making these adjustments and seeing how things go, I will be ok.” This is always what I want to hear about things. Some people do thrive in the craziness, so they need to I am guessing be keeping things crazy. Either that or slowly ease your way into regular things. Take it slow and see how you are doing with things. For me, I must watch my laziness. I tend to get lazy from time to time and this can hurt me. I just need a break from things but sometimes I need a kickstart to get things going. However, I know what I want to do and how I want to go about doing it but starting it can cause me trouble. The love of procrastination is real and want it to last forever. Some people like to always be busy, and I can be someone that takes time starting up. Once I get my mind started, I know I can do what I need to do. For me most of the time the issue is that I can do something, but it is when will I do it. There are far worse things to be and far better things to have as well. Remember just in case you are keeping score; I can promise that you are not in last place or first place in humanity. People think at times there are standings and in case we are wondering we are not in first or last. There are no standings and there never will be any life rankings. How would we measure that? Slow down and focus on our own stuff before jumping into others. We are social and people are all around us, so some of us like to know where we fit in. I used to be this way where all I cared about was trying to move myself further up. I needed to worry only about what I am doing. Forget about how Pete in West Virginia is doing today. Forget about the people in my peer group I am trying to falsely measure up to. The only thing I need to measure up to is my own standards and make sure I am continuing with what I would really want. Am I doing this? I am making strides and will continue to make strides to do better. I feel ready for anything that can come in my life, even if that means standing still for a bit. It is nice to feel being on the right side of things now and that feeling in the back of my mind is what can bring a smile to my face. That feeling of knowing I can slow down or speed up, but things are going the way they should be.