For years I’ve know I had a penchant for drama, but I thought I had reduced the Queen’s role to a bit part. As Memorial Day weekend approached I had a newsletter deadline looming. The topic was burn-out and after two versions, I had no satisfaction. I turned to a trusted advisor and she nailed it, you’re in burn-out! Moi, ME, I am in BURN OUT, you’ve got to be kidding! The Drama Queen began to rant and rave. Then came a sigh of recognition.
Yes, I had known what would make me a super visible, hip marketer in today’s social media world, but had no energy to make it happen. 
So, the Drama Queen had managed to cover up reality with her moans and groans rather than accept it. Now what?! I took the long weekend off with a gentle commitment to find pleasure in small things. Over the weekend, a dear friend demonstrated how she is easily moving into the bliss of retirement. Now, that was appealing! I’d like two scoops of that please!
With these new revelations I gently started out the week and Providence provided. Loretta LaRoche’s book Relax, you may only have a few minutes left jumped off the shelf at me. From my reading I realized my perfectionist had conspired with the Drama Queen to have me running in place for some time. Loretta shared that one of one of her meltdowns occurred as she and her husband started out on a vacation. The trigger was unexpected $3 toll fee. All of a sudden, my own melodrama became clear. I also found I am not alone since, according to Loretta, many Americans are caught up in fast- paced dramas of their own making. The result, massive stress! (Loretta teaches people how to use humor to reduce stress.)
As the Drama Queen in me has struggled over “what’s next, how am I going to make all these shifts happen?!!” The Diva of Delight showed up calm, serene, and confident that we can create a future that “we” will all relish.
What about you?
Where is your Drama Queen showing up?
Where do you feel “burned-out” or getting pretty darn crisp?
One Comment
This is fantastic, Sandra! The humor drew me in and I realized I was living a parallel experience with you in the past few weeks. My Drama Queen came out in full force with lots of stories to impress and influence (what me?). I could completely relate with you about staying on top of marketing, social networking, and most especially the delicious sound of retiring.
My meltdown was about telling myself the truth about my level of stress, the fact that I created it in the first place, my fears, self judgments, the stories I tell myself and the old patterns that keep me in the hamster wheel (over-committed, not enough time, money, support, blah, blah, blah).
Something snapped. I’d heard enough and the floodgates opened. It was such relief to tell the truth and simply be with myself around that. Somehow it created an opening for some self-love and compassion to flow in.
Your post is inspirational in that it is real, honest and the humor puts it in such perspective. It was lovely to have the Diva of Delight gracefully enter stage right.
Thank you, my friend.
Love, Jennifer