If you have an email account, you know how easy it is to get a lot of unnecessary, unwanted emails. It quickly clutters up the inbox. Luckily, there is a way to stop receiving them by scrolling to the bottom and searching for a link. The print is usually very small (so they don’t make it easy) that says “click here to unsubscribe.”
Wouldn’t it be great if we had the ability to so easily opt out in other areas, not just our unwanted emails? What if we could remove and unclutter things in our lives with just a click of a button? I have a few things I’d like to “unsubscribe” from.
One is my habit of overindulging in salty snacks! I can usually eat a single piece of dark chocolate and feel satisfied. Why is it, however, that just one Stax potato chip isn’t enough?
Another one I’d like to easily click that button for is my mental inbox. To let go of having certain expectations. Have you ever been in a situation, maybe you’re going to a party, or a work meeting or event, or even going shopping and you have in your mind how things will go, or that you’re going to find the perfect item on your shopping list, only to walk away feeling empty, alone, dissatisfied? Ugh! When I have any of those uncomfortable feelings, I’d like to just click a button and say goodbye to them.
One area I feel like I keep selecting that “unsubscribe” button again and again, is my desire for certainty. When things in my life are going the way I think they should, or planned for them to go, I can easily land in a place where I’m feeling self-satisfied. But as soon as something happens that is unpredictable, unplanned, or messes with my routine or my day – BLAM! I can quickly get crabby because of fear and feeling unsettled and unsafe.
I should have learned by now, after decades of living in this world, that I really have little to no control over anything, other than myself. And the mysteries of life and death, love and health, and even relationships are so vast and sometimes cannot be easily explained or even made sense of.
I remind myself often, and am continuing to learn that the more I can “unsubscribe” to certainty and embrace the mystery of it all, the quicker my heart and mind calms down.
I will continue on, seeking more ways I can unsubscribe and declutter my mental inbox.
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