What Would Sim-Kaye Do?
Has it ever felt like your to-do list just turned into an avalanche?
So there I am, my to-do list suddenly triples in the space of an afternoon: A business to run, research conduct and organize, groups to schedule/facilitate, a consulting gig for LA-CAMFT, my PAX Mastery &
Leadership Program to keep up with, a wedding to shop for, a possible party to organize, camping plans, costuming and choreography for a fire-performance in front of some 45,000 people to learn by the end of August, and a boyfriend talking about some pear tree.
Ok, I’m kidding on the pear tree.. but not the rest of it.
Sitting there, freaking out about how overwhelmed I saw myself getting, had no idea what to do, or how I was going to get anything accomplished. In the midst of it all, I remembered this Sims game where you have these little people you build lives for. You feed them, sleep them, and interact them with other little “Sim” people. You find them work, and you organize their little lives.
But if these Sim lives start to get off-balance, you get upset Sims. Their happiness drops, they start to act out, and they start to have little Sim temper-tantrums. Kinda like the one I felt coming on. Here I was getting tense; not having eaten or taken a break since 11am and if I didn’t change my ways – soon I was not going to be NOT-fine. Just like my Sims.
So You can imagine how I had to laugh when I suddenly had to ask my self, “So, what would Sim-Kaye need??” Because apparently, I give my Sims better balance than I give myself. Apparently, I needed a 15 minute break and with that answer, I took a break and got back to work MUCH happier and more productive.
Good luck!
Kaye
