opening eyes
I had a list of things I wanted to get done today.
Happily, I got them all done and then some...
I'm sitting here in front of the laptop now with nothing
else planned to do except for a meeting online at 1pm.
I started to spin my wheels a little bit and the pressure was building
because I had nothing pressing. I remembered something very
enlightening my Doctor said to me...When you're alone you
tend to 'pathologize' what your experiencing. Indeed I see it. If
I don't have something to do in front of me then fear happens and starts engendering
that 'something is wrong with me', it's a snowball kind of effect and I think I'll stop that.
So, I'll take the vantage now that I got a lot done today - a feather in my cap -
and I'll try and plan something else - but I'll think of the remainder of today
as just a day on my own. No need to panic or go down a rabbit hole of
spinning etc...
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Here's to finding that balance 'of free' and going for the moment!
True Mid, it definitely is a balance and the struggle is always there. No real panacea. Have to just keep taking care.
Enjoy the rest of the day - being mindful .... but not overthinking!
Thanks Nikki!
"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," ~Blaise Pascal
I call ^it^ over-analyzing, but? ? ? is that another word for, "Pathologize?"
By whatever name, ^it^ gets my vote as the number one problem in isolation. To think, I had made good progress on ending the phenom when the maskite invaders made isolating mandatory. Some days you get the elevator, some days you get the shaft.
Sigh. . .
hugs arfie!!