I am training with Alex Howard to become a therapeutic coach, and we recently covered people’s “timelines,” or their relationship with time. I realized I spend all my time (in my head) in the near future, always thinking one step ahead, always trying to get to the next thing. I’ve had to deliberately work on presence and mindfulness, but it’s hard to undo decades of a pattern. But we have to keep trying! The best parts of life are passing us by when we rush to get to the next thing.
It feels like I'm living in an alien body when I realize I'm exhausted & in pain & I live alone & there's no one here to care if I finish setting up the new Chromebook or changing the sheets or opening the junk mail & the BEST thing I can do for myself is to STOP & lie down & be still. Just rest.
I was the Go-Go Bunny for 65 years till I got covid. And that lifelong, think I was born with it habit doesnt shut up or take a smoke break even when I'm out of spoons (WTF are they? And isnt there n infinite supply of them?)
Five years & snail-like progress in surrendering to a different, healthier way to be/live/behave is both a triumph & still major challenge. It took being ill like I've never experienced before to force that change to begin.
I would NEVER treat others the way I treat myself. I would say, "REST. JUST REST. the dirty clothes - the trip to the bank - the call to your sister - will wait. Your spirit & body's needs may not,"
And when you DO it- slow down & smell the dirty laundry. Then your favorite essential oil.
This mind shift has done wonders for me as well as someone who walked fast, talked fast, and lived fast and is now dealing with Long COVID and trying to regulate my nervous system. I read from a health coach that even just small shifts to slowing down add up over time and your body slowly relearns through these new patterns. Here’s to spending more time in the slow lane.
I am training with Alex Howard to become a therapeutic coach, and we recently covered people’s “timelines,” or their relationship with time. I realized I spend all my time (in my head) in the near future, always thinking one step ahead, always trying to get to the next thing. I’ve had to deliberately work on presence and mindfulness, but it’s hard to undo decades of a pattern. But we have to keep trying! The best parts of life are passing us by when we rush to get to the next thing.
A great reminder! Even though I’m aware of my rushing and know better than to be rushing, I still do it. So it bears repeating …often! 😂
It feels like I'm living in an alien body when I realize I'm exhausted & in pain & I live alone & there's no one here to care if I finish setting up the new Chromebook or changing the sheets or opening the junk mail & the BEST thing I can do for myself is to STOP & lie down & be still. Just rest.
I was the Go-Go Bunny for 65 years till I got covid. And that lifelong, think I was born with it habit doesnt shut up or take a smoke break even when I'm out of spoons (WTF are they? And isnt there n infinite supply of them?)
Five years & snail-like progress in surrendering to a different, healthier way to be/live/behave is both a triumph & still major challenge. It took being ill like I've never experienced before to force that change to begin.
I would NEVER treat others the way I treat myself. I would say, "REST. JUST REST. the dirty clothes - the trip to the bank - the call to your sister - will wait. Your spirit & body's needs may not,"
And when you DO it- slow down & smell the dirty laundry. Then your favorite essential oil.
Ahhhh. The combative peace of change.
This mind shift has done wonders for me as well as someone who walked fast, talked fast, and lived fast and is now dealing with Long COVID and trying to regulate my nervous system. I read from a health coach that even just small shifts to slowing down add up over time and your body slowly relearns through these new patterns. Here’s to spending more time in the slow lane.