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Moving an apiary is no small feat. No wonder trade schools aren't cranking out Certified Bee Movers. Too many details that ain't been published yet!!!
This week finds me falling apart at the seems. (Misspell pun intended) Been trying to catch up on maintenance for my overworked Bee Truck (hatchback), including the inspection sticker that is due this month. Girl, howdy, that has turned into a massive round of mechanical budget sucking. It is so much fun being owned by a car. Anybody know where I can find a tyrannosaurus leg bone I can take my frustration out on??? Perhaps the jaw bone of an ass???
Somewhere in my coping tool box is a round of exercises I collected up for "End of Project Decompression." Where did I put that folder???? One of the challenges I face as a contractor is letting go of a project and all its related stresses after it is over. A few bits I seem to remember are:
1) Let it be okay to leave things undone. So the Bee Truck is still without his inspection sticker. So I don't know where to find half the things I go looking for. So it takes longer to read my "To Do List" than to do any of the tasks on it. So I am losing pieces at every turn. Deep breaths. Let go and let God. Easy does it.
2) Relaxing activities. I've been keeping a hectic pace for weeks and working muscles I had forgotten I had. Been doing my "Muscle Flex and Relax" exercises. I know that is not the right name for it, but names are the things I seem to lose most during a "Decompression Phase."
I know there are more, but...
Anybody????
This week finds me falling apart at the seems. (Misspell pun intended) Been trying to catch up on maintenance for my overworked Bee Truck (hatchback), including the inspection sticker that is due this month. Girl, howdy, that has turned into a massive round of mechanical budget sucking. It is so much fun being owned by a car. Anybody know where I can find a tyrannosaurus leg bone I can take my frustration out on??? Perhaps the jaw bone of an ass???
Somewhere in my coping tool box is a round of exercises I collected up for "End of Project Decompression." Where did I put that folder???? One of the challenges I face as a contractor is letting go of a project and all its related stresses after it is over. A few bits I seem to remember are:
1) Let it be okay to leave things undone. So the Bee Truck is still without his inspection sticker. So I don't know where to find half the things I go looking for. So it takes longer to read my "To Do List" than to do any of the tasks on it. So I am losing pieces at every turn. Deep breaths. Let go and let God. Easy does it.
2) Relaxing activities. I've been keeping a hectic pace for weeks and working muscles I had forgotten I had. Been doing my "Muscle Flex and Relax" exercises. I know that is not the right name for it, but names are the things I seem to lose most during a "Decompression Phase."
I know there are more, but...
Anybody????
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I did the dumbest thing today. I charged my earbuds, unplugged the block and put the block in my little bag instead of the earbuds. I wasn't happy about that when I got to the gym. What a dummy!
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Ever since I stopped doing therapy because of insurance, I've been feeling that old tense and irritable sense of anxiety and stress. I hate that. I was making so many strides and changes during therapy, my therapist would acknowledge all of my progress and accomplishments, and I miss that reassurance. Today I thought about it, and I made those changes! She would always tell me that I chose to...
Hugs
My other big thing is to take the material associated with the project (folders, etc.) and put them in a locked filing cabinet for two weeks and then not look at them for two weeks. THe first few days of "project withdrawal" are tough, but by the end of the two weeks, I susually forget to even look at the stuff again. Now, anyway. Took me a good 10-plus years to get to that point.
Supportive vibes
Unpaid/volunteer projects don't seem to have clear endings or beginnings.