July 19, 2008
Ok, so now I’ve slowed down, in terms of work, play and such else. It means no more burning the midnight oil. In my case, I was burning the 2 sometimes 3′o’ clock-in-the-morning- oil, and then ending up with too little sleep. And although I was getting by on as little as 4 or 5 hours each night, it just wasn’t enough. Eventually sleep caught up with me, usually at the wrong time of the day. However since stepping back, discipline has entered my life again. This morning, I woke up at 5am after a decent night’s sleep. This meant I had an extra hour in the morning to do something constructive before starting the day. (Ami now wakes up 6am as opposed to her old time of 7am, so I had to shift my time). Today it wasn’t about how much ironing I could in an hour, or how much cleaning I could do, or how much cooking I could do, it was about how much writing I could do. I finally did my morning pages. Yippee!
July 16, 2008
I have slowed down a great deal. I’ve taken a few baby steps backwards to re-evaluate my present situation. For the last few months, I’ve taken pride in the fact that ‘I was a busy person.’ I was on a high with adrenaline being pumped around my system, rushing around, and thinking that I was getting a lot done. But actually I wasn’t. I wasn’t adhering to the time management factor as best as I could have done; too many happenings, details and distractions that simply overtook my working goals. I was seeing the chaos through clear spectacles, but seeing the solutions through hazy ones. Not good.
In life there will always be worries; about money, the children, the husband, the pets, the house, not enough money coming in, not enough money going out, insurance, the job, the bills, the debts and so it goes on. The solution is to ride with life’s waves. Worrying too much about not getting things done is not the answer.
Now in my state of doing less, I have gained some fresh ideas. I say fresh, because I had thought about them a while back, but refused to acknowledge them. They had become trodden on by unnecessary worrying, but now they have come to the surface Taking time out is an effective way of increasing those wisdom cells; So now I can breathe once again, knowing that I am on the right track.
