So That’s What it’s Called !!!

After reading Bonnie’s post from yesterday “Inside My Head” about ‘Monkey Mind’ I obsessively sat my ‘spreading wider everyday butt’ down on my chair in front of my computer and started to write this post.  Who cares about my schedule I HAVE to keep today in order to get everything done.  I know what I said yesterday Scott but THIS IS important right now.  ‘Monkey Mind’, so that’s what it’s called !  I have it too and could totally relate to Bonnie as I am sure a lot of you could while reading her post yesterday.  I just didn’t know that it had a name, which makes perfect sense by the way.  Isn’t it great to know that Bonnie’s head is just as messed up as ours, or mine, I should just speak for myself.

I think it’s important to share our quirky behaviors, odd thoughts, feelings, actions to be aware that we are not alone.  By sharing, we can deal with situations better knowing someone else has dealt with the same feelings or thoughts.  It’s like having a support group.  Oprah is the Queen of getting the word out there so we don’t feel alone.  So Bonnie your not alone!

My Monkey Mind works like Bonnie’s and does get the better of me but mostly at night when I am trying desperately to get to bed before midnight!  I actually went to a Chinese herbalist once and he gave me a natural herb to ‘quiet my spirit’ as he put it.  I was so sleepy by 2 o’clock in the afternoon I didn’t care if anything got done.  My Monkey Mind was quiet until the herb wore off and then all hell would break loose!  That lasted about 2 days.

I have so much on my mind at times I go from tree to tree I mean room to room trying to stay focused but the power of the Monkey Mind is sometimes too much.  I just wish when I entered into a room it could speak to me and tell me why I am there to eliminate all the internal guessing dialogue that goes on in my cranium!  “Okay why am I standing here in this room, okay it’s the office, what do I need in the office…looking around and I don’t see anything that jumps out at me, ahhh it’s my glasses, I can’t read the text message that just came in on my cell phone without them”.

It is an endless cycle of half finished chores all because of ‘Monkey Mind’.  I usually complete them by the end of the day,  (reality check) I try to complete them by the end of the day.  Okay, I have been caught on occasion at 6:15 pm sitting at my computer with my running gear on from the morning with not one thing on my list complete!  Almost complete should count.