Has anxiety taken over your life? Is chaos the norm at your house? Is “Disorganized” your new middle name? Do you constantly worry about things that you cannot control? Do you often wish the entire world would go away just so you could take a moment all to yourself, a quiet respite from it all?


Oftentimes, our own emotions become a powerful enemy that paralyzes and renders us incapable of dealing with simple, everyday situations. Much of it has to do with feelings of inadequacy. This is not to say that we are inadequate, for we are above all that. It has to do with the world in which we live, a world that demands perfection, a world that looks down upon those who don’t quite make the grade. We feel we have to be the perfect daughter, and the perfect mom with perfect children who have perfect manners and perfect GPA’s. We feel we have to be the perfect wife to a perfect husband, keeping a perfect home while building the perfect career. And, let’s not forget that while we’re doing all that, we’re supposed to maintain a perfect body in order to have a perfect sex life, and—it must all be done within 24 hours.


In our hectic high-tech world, we’re freed from laborious tasks by gadgets that make life easier and provide us with more leisure time. However, instead of taking that much-needed respite, we cram more and more activities into our already overcommitted schedules. No wonder we are always on the verge of a breakdown!