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Can You Not Stop Thinking?
Quieting the monkey mind isn’t as complicated as you think.
I woke up in the middle of the night in a panic.
An offer I had put on a condo had just been accepted and I was in the middle of the “cooling down” period. Where I live, this is a 7-day window during which the buyer has the option to back out of the deal.
I had spent a couple of hours the night before reviewing my finances and the condo documents, and the situation was stressing the hell out of me.
As I laid there in bed, eyes wide open, questions and emotions were crashing through my mind. What if my mortgage payments stretch me too thin? What if the building suddenly requires major repairs and I have to pay a huge lump sum? What if I discover a ton of problems with the condo itself? What if I end up hating it?
Needless to say, I didn’t fall back asleep that night.
Does this ever happen to you? Does your mind get stuck in loops of thinking that you just can’t seem to get out of?
Maybe it’s not real estate that gets you going. Maybe it’s your job that’s stressing you out. Maybe it’s your marriage. Maybe it’s your kids. Maybe it’s school. Whatever it is, most of us don’t escape this kind of hellish thinking.
