I'm trying to work on things to keep me de-stressed. It's way too easy to let the news sweep you away, and the fear of the "what if" sweep you away. Share your little de-stressing techniques with us, we can all use them.
After I did my yoga class this morning online (with my favorite guru teacher), my big takeaway was that even during all of this, we have to be asking ourselves, "what am I doing today to push myself towards who I want to be and how I want to live". There is no "pause" button on life while a disaster happens. This is still life happening and we all still need to focus on the NOW. No, none of us have days that look like we thought they would look a month ago, but they are what they are, so how can we find joy, satisfaction and hope from them despite everything?
That's my goal. It's not easy though, I am the first to admit it takes real work on my part NOT to dive into panic and media overload. But what if today was our last day? Or tomorrow? Or this week, or this month? Do we really want to spend our precious time waiting for "real life to start" while we ooze stress from every pore of our bodies? Not me. So today I did my awesome yoga class, suffered thru most of a 20 minute Peloton strength training with John (they are free for 90 days), walked outside, read my book (I'm almost half way thru American Dirt--it's very gripping). I helped make a big family dinner, called a couple of friends, texted a bunch more, and tried to keep the offering from yoga class in the front of my mind.
We don't know what will happen tomorrow, or the next. That's just the fact. What we do know is that we have right now to do the things that better us, make us happy, make us feel good, and enrich us. Most of experience is your personal perception of it, some people are eternally optimistic, and some people eternally pessimistic. I tend to fall in the middle, with a heavy leaning toward optimism. What I do know is that I can perceive these weeks (maybe months) of changed life as a prison, or I can choose to make them fun in some ways, choose to make them special in some ways, and choose to work on myself, help others and enjoy the things I am able to do.
I'm concentrating on that.
Meanwhile, I've just spilled my tea, which is no doubt going to take HOURS to pull out of my cream and light grey throw rug. How fortunate I have the time to do that right now. Silver linings.
Signed, ME {lv}
Comments