By Debora M. Coty–
Women are like little pots of oatmeal. Well, maybe not quite as gray and squishy, but humor me here for a moment.
At the beginning of the day we simmer – little manageable bubbles of stress rise to the surface and dissipate as they harmlessly pop. But as the day progresses, the heat escalates and the oatmeal boils higher and wilder and meaner until it finally overflows and spoils everything around it with a sticky, ugly, nasty mess.
That would be you, at about 4 p.m. Am I right? My BOOP theory (Boiling Oatmeal Overflow Phenomenon) most certainly describes me on any given day when stress threatens a frustration boil over. The trick, I’ve found, is to know when – and how – to remove the pot from the burner before the combustion.
By the way, we over 50 gals know that BOOP has a way of volcanically erupting in the wee hours of the night too, right? (It must have been a woman who coined that phrase on a 2 a.m. potty run.) I asked Papa God for more hours in the day to get things done and He sent me menopause. Now I have half the stinkin’ night too.
In honor of the recent release of my Too Blessed to be Stressed Journal (Woohoo! My first book in Cracker Barrel!), I’d like to share a few tips from my book, Too Blessed to be Stressed, about how to avoid BOOP and enjoy living decom-stressed.
Sister, my heart’s with you as you begin to decom-stress your life. Check out my 2-Minute Stress Buster videos at www.DeboraCoty.com, (the blooper’s great for a belly laugh). And may your blessings outweigh your stressings!
Debora Coty is a humorist, popular speaker and award-winning author of numerous women’s inspirational books, including Too Blessed to be Stressed, Fear, Faith, and a Fistful of Chocolate and Too Loved to be Lost. Deb lives, loves, and laughs in central Florida with her long suffering husband, Chuck, and desperately wicked pooch, Fenway. Visit with Deb at www.DeboraCoty.com.