6 Signs You Need to Add Mindfulness in Your Life

It’s not easy to recognize when we aren’t living up to our fullest potential. It’s also more difficult to recognize when WE are the problem in our lives and no one else. But how does one begin to shift? In this post I am going to share 6 Sign You Need to Add Mindfulness in Your Life.

Why Mindfulness? Because it creates awareness in what ever you are processing internally. When you can analyze whats surrounding you and what you internalize, you will begin to recognize patterns and cycles. After, a person can begin to unpack all of this and be able to choose different leading to better choices.

Understanding these signs can create the foundation a person needs to begin any kind of change in their life. Bringing awareness in your life can create the focus one needs to embark on a life journey.

1. Feeling Overwhelmed

If life is generally too much and you’re constantly feeling like you can’t keep up; it’s a major sign. I’ve personally done a lot of inner work, part of why I’m here sharing with you lovely people. I remember not feeling enough or being able to keep up. The chore list was super long. Day after day I would try to complete one thing, ten others would be piled on.

I wanted this sign to be the first sign out of; 6 Signs You Need to Add Mindfulness in Your Life because I feel it’s the most major and the very foundation of the other signs.

If this sounds familiar then you’re defiantly overwhelmed. Living a life where you’re constantly overwhelmed will increase your stress levels drastically. As previously mentioned, it also causes a chain reaction of the other signs I’m describing below.

2. Lacking Motivation

At some point when we are so overwhelmed it will start to take its effect. Most often an individual will feel helpless. No matter how much they try or get done they will feel stuck in the muck. Eventually it can cause exhaustion. This increases stress levels and drives a person to feel tired, exhausted or unable to perform the tasks they want.

It felt this Sign appropriate for the second out of; 6 Signs You Need to Add Mindfulness in Your Life. It’s typical that when you’re feeling overwhelmed it will cause lack of motivation.

It feels like the idea to perform what’s needed is in the back of your mind, but the physical idea of doing it is too much. I remember this feeling all too often. I wanted to go, do, or create. But constantly I felt so emotionally exhausted. I just didn’t have the bandwidth to even do much more than dream about it.

3. Feeling Burned out

Have you have been mentally checking the boxes off for the first two signs I have listed? Most likely if you have you are in need for adding mindfulness in your life. Most likely you will also be checking this box off. Feeling Burned out .

I felt this fourth sign out of; 6 Signs You Need to Add Mindfulness in Your Life is appropriate because at this point the laundry list is really high. As you’re feeling like you’re just spinning wildly but there’s nothing you can do about it will create the feeling of constantly chasing your tail. It’ll feel like you can’t ever get ahead. this is where I experienced the burn out.

According to the Mayo Clinic’s definition of burned out; It’s feelings of depleted energy or exhaustion due to continuous stress. This article (click the link) defines physical symptoms as muscle aches, head aches, upset stomach, exhaustion. It also lists emotions such as being angry having emotional outbursts. A person can even over or under eating, and even goes as far as social withdraw!

4. Having Increased Negativity

Were you once the positive fun person to be around? Have you found that recently you can’t even scratch a smile? If it’s bothering you and you don’t understand why you can’t just be happy, you’re not alone. I remember feeling so tired, exhausted, run down, and stressed. The last thing you want to be is happy. Most times we are so beyond exhausted that engaging in anything is just too much. The constant tired feeling may be driving this emotion on as well.

I also remembered just feeling so angry for every little mishap life through at me. I felt like screaming “WHY ME?!?!”. At one point I told myself, “this is what you get, this is what you deserve.” I did not. If you’re here and you’ve said that I want you to know that truly you don’t.

Being the fourth sign out of; 6 Signs You Need to Add Mindfulness in Your Life, I find the build up of unfortunate events. The constant spinning and chasing your tail will really set your mood sour, something bad happening will add more to that already piled up laundry list.

If you’ve mentally checked the boxes all the way to here; most likely you’re experiencing negativity. This doesn’t mean you were always negative, you’re just feeling more negative currently. There’s no reason to continue to stay negative if you don’t want to. Check this post for 5 easy steps to becoming more mindful .

5. Creating Conflicts

As mentioned these signs all create a chain reaction. If you’ve been reading down mentally checking all the boxes most likely you’re creating conflict. As stated in the Mayo Clinic article, link above, a person may have angry outbursts.

Has there been people who have tried to connect with you? What was your reaction, defensive, angry, outraged? Did you walk away feeling guilty knowing they had a point? It doesn’t even have to be anyone who is trying to reach out to you. Maybe it’s just the act of releasing the pent up angry, that’s creating conflict. Regardless it’s a way your body is trying to get that negative energy out and it’s time for a change.

This fifth sign out of; 6 Signs You Need to Add Mindfulness in Your Life, is appropriate because by now your whole body is just consumed by the feelings of overwhelm, lack of motivation, and negative emotions. Now I would assume anyone in your path might feel the wrath. Unfortunately I have been too often here, screaming at the dogs while they look at me like I’m a nut. Or angry crying in the shower not knowing how I made it to this point in my life. I even created conflict within myself because at some point I had emotionally pushed a lot of people away that did care about me.

6. Poor Decision Making

The last sign I want to list for you to recognize is; Poor Decision Making. At this point there’s no mental capacity to truly think about long term results. The course of actions we choose may not be what we wanted but it might suffice for the time being. Some times there may not be a thought. It’s just a sporadic decision due to feeling the sudden need to get out of the situation any way possible. It’s also another way to release negative emotions.

This last sixth step of; 6 Signs You Need to Add Mindfulness in Your Life is when I realized I wasn’t that person and didn’t want to make such bad choices for myself. Without analyzing all that was happening to me the dark emotions, feeling burned out, and feeling overwhelmed set me up for some very poor decision making. But also being on the other side of it I’m here to tell you, it is possible.

We’ve all at some point been here, even me personally. I’m here to tell you that by recognizing these signs will create the shift in mindset you need to become more Mindful in your life! I want you to know you’re not alone and are people near wanting to help you!

If this post really resonates with you, feel free to check out the rest of my blog and practices to help you bring more mindfulness in your life! Blessed Be.