Boats To Build

Sometimes I think that a book should be written called "The Gospel According To Jimmy Buffett". It is amazing how his lyrics can make me think...

It's time for a change
I'm tired of that same ol same
The same ol words the same ol lines
The same ol tricks and the same ol rhymes

Here lately, I seem to be stuck in a rut. Work is good, my home life is good, but I just don't feel that I am living up to my potential. I feel that I am capable of so much more, but because of this anxiety, I feel incomplete.

Days precious days
Roll in and out like waves
I got boards to bend I got planks to nail
I got charts to make I got seas to sail

Sometimes I think it's more of a feeling of being overwhelmed. When I get too much on my plate, my personal time suffers for it. My anxiety is always high anyway, therefore I need to slow down and pace myself. I need to find a balance between work and play. I have so many projects I want to do and things that I want to accomplish. I have often heard that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. It's time to take charge and take control of my situation and beat anxiety once and for all.

I'm gonna build me a boat
With these two hands
It'll be a fair curve
From a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
Cause I've got boats to build

Conquering my anxiety by finding my balance is... on this cowboys mind.



(Jimmy Buffett: Boats To Build)