Here’s a list of things I find taxing:
- taxes,
- worry,
- cruelty,
- fear,
- guilt,
- shame,
- regret,
- the message “Your Mac Storage is Full,”
- trying to export photos to free up storage space and getting failure messages,
- deleting lots of stuff and still getting the “Your Mac Storage is Full” message,
- solutions that previously worked before not working in the moment,
- frustration,
- losing sight of hope,
- insecurity,
- disappointment,
- impatience,
- cognitive distortions including shoulds, mind-reading, blame, comparisons, labeling, catastrophizing, etc., and
- the fact that it is SNOWING, SNOWING, SNOWING on APRIL 3, 2016, here and now, outside of Blogging Central.
I find it less taxing to make lists of what helps me, whenever things are taxing. Those include:
- self-care (including nourishing food, water, and sleep)
- remembering the saying, “If you don’t like the weather in New England, wait a minute,”
- expressing my thoughts and feelings,
- letting go of worry,
- letting go of fear,
- letting go of guilt,
- letting go of shame,
- faith in my own ability to solve problems,
- remembering there are people in my life who can help me solve problems,
- doing my best in the moment, and
- letting go, again.
Which of these photos do you find particularly taxing or non-taxing?
I hope leaving a comment isn’t too taxing for you.
Here’s a final taxing photo for today:
The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally 
You deserve a day off from blogging but please don’t ever take one haha.
I won’t, Alex!
Phew. Was a cool card though.
cool 🙂
Thanks, cool one!
😀
Addison Graves will be an awesome blogger one day.
It takes one awesome person to know another one, Maureen.
I love your card gallery and all the wisdom imparted.
We can’t get a white Christmas but somehow confectioner’s sugar sprinkled over the grass, rooftops and the new bud leaves. A winter wonderland April morning. Taxes and snow make April the cruelest month for sure. Your blog always cheers me.
The presents of your presence always cheer me, Ruth. ❤
So many ways to comment here, Ann, but I can’t seem to get past Cinnabon popcorn ??? ☺ Yum.
I couldn’t get past that either, Van. Thanks for the yummy comment!
Doing income tax filing is taxing. The date line is near.
Yes, indeed. Let’s think of other things to do that are less taxing, today!
Ha. My post today, Ann, is about how I can’t do my taxes because I misplaced a form! 😉 ❤
Diana xo
Synchronicity, love, and winks make life less taxing, Diana! ❤ xxoo
I love all of the cards. I never find it taxing to laugh out loud in a card store … I can’t speak for the other customers within ear shot.
We don’t have snow, but I do feel a little like Dorothy, pre-Oz here in Philly!
I love all of your comments!
Actually, if you look at the post after this one, you’ll see that I was also pre-Oz when you wrote this comment, because I was about to see a production of “The Boy from Oz”!
perhaps this has given me
the strength to do
my taxes 🙂
perhaps connections
give us the strength
we need
Taxing humor never hurts! Thank you, you just made my day!
Zaria
Taxing compliments never hurt. You just made my day, too!
Oh these cards made me laugh Ann!
I’m so glad, Lisa!
Yes, if life gets too taxing, find some humor. Love the cards, Ann!
Love to see you!
Life can be taxing but it is better then being dead
Death and taxes. Joanne and life!
I particularly like the little duckling. About taxes: I don’t find them taxing anymore because I pay someone else to do them. I highly recommend it. Sorry about your snow. Thing is, it’s soooo late, it won’t last long!
Thanks for your particularly non-taxing comment!
A little humor during the tax season…yes, just what I needed 🙂
Yay! Seeing you here (especially during taxing times) is just what I need!
Love these cards Ann!! What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ☺️
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