Maybe you’re addicted to always doing something. I’m right there with you. Here’s what I’m doing to stop myself.
Second thoughts
From November, 2018
Self-Care Is A Trip To The Dentist
I showed up because I had a toothache, and there’s everything wrong with that. “What have you been doing to your teeth?” Um… well. If I had cared more about my mouth (which is really just caring about myself) earlier, I’d have gotten a dental check-up twice a year. A check-up would have shown that I…
A Letter To Myself At 30
Are you ready to start over? You must reconsider who you are and what you believe in, because everything you know about yourself is about to be challenged. I know your introversion, what it has saved you from, the hours spent alone and well spent probing the deepest parts of your heart to learn what defines and unmakes you. Flip the strength and you will find a strong weakness: the aloofness that stands between you and your calling to reach people, not to be known but to help them know how uninhibited and beautiful life can be. You will break…
What It Means To Live A Life Of Less
A stripped-down life may not be for everyone, but do you need everything you have to live well? Think about it, there’s a lot you can live without, a lot you can skip without suffering for it. But when you’re used to a particular lifestyle, it is easy to believe that your happiness, maybe even your existence, is dependent on the comforts you have surrounded yourself with. The daily assault of materialism in the world we live in does not help either. If you’re not being asked to buy something, you’re being asked to replace something you own (which is basically…
Practise Letting Go By Giving Things Away
The things we keep may be a reflection of who we are and what we carry on the inside. If this theory is true, and there’s some merit to it, we may be able to teach ourselves how to release people, anger, disappointment and hurt by giving away things in five steps. 1. Take stock of the things you own. This is a simple inventory of stuff, but with a twist: for every item inventoried, create a label that states how you came to own the item, how it is useful and what would happen if you no longer have…