I’m not a patient person. My modus operandi is setting audacious goals and compiling long to-do lists as I schedule my daily and weekly tasks. Friends and family council me, telling me I am too optimistic, too unrealistic, and too driven. They caution me to decrease my breakneck pace, saying I will burn out and quit.
I have a slow speed. Sometimes I downshift into low gear. I recognize it is necessary and healthy to disengage and relax, and I take days away from my work. I can do nothing — for a while. Extended periods of relaxation with nothing to do, increases my stress and grates on my nerves, my anxiety escalates, and I can’t sit still. I pace the floors, roaming from room to room, desperate to find an activity to keep my hands and mind engaged. I know I will attain my goals because I cannot stop.
How do you relax?
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
Loving that quote, Jo… it is probably written on my forehead by now…
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LOL Yes. Progress is progress, no matter if it is a small step or a giant leap. 😊
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We’re a lot alike! I have to always be busy with something! ❤️
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Bravo Eugenia! There is power and clarity to be found it stillness – it is certainly not doing nothing – but creating anything requires action. 💗
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you for sharing. 💕🙏💕
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Always happy to read and share your posts with followers, My Dear!!
xoxox 😘💕💖🌹😁
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