Emotions Overcoming Us

   Emotions are an interesting thing. They can be great filled with happiness, content, love, and passion. However though, they can also be negative from sadness, despair, anger, and even rage. I am sure you have felt all the range of emotions throughout your life, and we would all love to feel that great emotion of happy all the time. I mean who doesn't want to walk around with butterflies in their stomach and a big smile on their face all the time staring up at the sky? However though, this isn't a Hollywood movie we are talking about. This is the real world, this is life.

    Now think about the sight of vision you have (not 20/20 but your perspective on life) and the actions you take when you face a certain situation. Emotions have a heavy pull on the way we see certain things and the way we choose to react.  Personally, I let emotions get the best of me at times. I am very easy going, chill (maybe too chill at times), and usually quite happy with my life and all I have been given. BUT, at times I let my emotions really take control over me leading me to even be anxious or seem unsure of myself in the moment. We know who we are, we know what we stand for, and we know what we want in life. So why do we let our emotions start to take over and make us forget those things?

   This happens to me when I talk to certain people. For example, I know how to have a good conversation and connect. If I think about it too much though and overthink how to answer every little think I am asked or my comebacks I lose myself. I let my emotions control my mind and my mouth. This week I had to write a research paper for my information system class about an information system go figure. However though, I haven't written a research paper since high school and I had to write it in a certain format. I am not someone who typically gets anxious, but it made me so anxious to write this paper and did I just go straight for it and do it anyways to overcome that anxiety? No, I procrastinated and procrastinated to make the anxiety and stress even worse. I made the situation far worse than it could have been, if I had thought what I would do in a normal situation.... I would face that negative talk in my mind saying I couldn't do it and prove myself wrong.

   Now I know we can't control all of our emotions some lay deeper than the surface such as jealousy and many others. However though, today I want to advise you to be in touch with your feelings, how your body feels, your emotions, and how you want to react when your feeling such a strong feeling verse the normal self-confident you would respond. We can't let an abstract thing control us, we have to stay in control of ourselves. This not only will make us the stronger one in this relationship between yourself and your emotions, but it will lead you to making better decisions and smarter actions than you might otherwise.

Let me know your thoughts on this subject comment below. :) Look forward to hearing from you.