Shoulding

Stop ‘Shoulding’ Yourself and Others
It’s been a tough few days. My anxiety is through the roof for a million reasons, and when I stopped to figure out why, the answer was glaringly obvious—I’ve been “shoulding” myself and others into corners and holes.
They should have done this.
They should have done it that way.
I should have gotten that done.
I should have been better.
And on and on… until my brain was so overloaded that my anxiety spiral started spinning faster than the Tasmanian Devil on a sugar rush or a tornado tearing through the Midwest.
And for what? Did all that “shoulding” make anything better? No. It just made me feel worse—exhausted, overwhelmed, and stuck.
I needed this reminder:
Stop ‘shoulding’ yourself and others—it only fuels guilt, frustration, and anxiety. Clinging to ‘should’ keeps you stuck; trade it for peace.
Peace,
#tutulady
#forwardisapace