I’m not sure about you but this year has been exhausting for me. We’re a little bit passes the half-way mark, and I am drained. Mentally. Emotionally. And, if I’m being 100% honest, physically, too.
I took a sick day from work the other day. It was the first time in more than two years that I couldn’t get there to fulfill my duties. A low-grade fever, and barely a pulse on the energy meter. I climbed back into bed and stayed there for the rest of the day.
When I’ve mentioned this to friends, colleagues, or random people who I know casually, they all agree: We’re being chased by an invisible bear.
We’re running and running and running as if our lives depended on it.
I’ve been wanting to make the universal timeclock stop, just so I can step out of time and get some rest. But that’s not going to happen, so what recourse do we have?
Ride the universal wave of chaos until it finishes its course?
Do we have an option?
Probably more than one, but here's what came to me.
I’ve decided to slow down my own rat race. I’m chewing my food longer. Doing tai chi exercises for detox and cleansing. Reading more and adding novelty to my days.
Instead of churning and churning and churning on the proverbial treadmill, I’m trying to break out moments of my day to redirect my gaze, my energy.
Only time will tell if these little changes, adaptations will work – and if I’ll survive the speeding, rampaging bear.
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