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Focusing on the things you can’t control in caregiving consumes your time, zaps your energy and keeps you from honing in on the things you CAN control.
I can definitely be a bit of a control freak which is why it was really hard - and took me a really long time in my care journey - to recognize that there were a LOT of things that were out of my control as a caregiver.
I'm a "fixer" as I'm sure a lot of you are too and come from the place of "well I'll just figure out another way to try to fix this." I caused myself so much stress, exhaustion, sadness and defeat as I was pouring all of my energy into trying to control and "fix" elements of my Mom or the caregiving situation that were completely out of my hands.
It wasn't until I started business coaching and learned about this concept of the Fixed vs. Growth mindset that I realized I could apply this to how I react to caregiving situations too that I had an "AHA" moment and started slowly shifting my energy to focus on the things I could control and try to manage those aspects as best I could.
Letting go of the things I couldn't control allowed me to reduce my stress and start leading a happier life (because I could ease up on the pressure I was putting on myself to be the ultimate fixer) and leave the stress for other areas of caregiving.
I hope this episode will encourage you to let go and stop giving energy to the things you can’t control instead taking small daily actions to flip the narrative when you find yourself getting trapped in something you know you shouldn’t be giving your energy to because it is 100% out of your control.
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