Cooking. Well not all of you. I met a woman last night at a celebration party who gave it up. What replaced that creativity? Nonprofit work for an author, long walks and whatever. She was so calm and clear about doing a little of this and a little of that which sounds like how she use to make up cooking recipes.
No longer does she feel like she has to make everything happen. She can exercise twice a week, meet a friend for dinner, work, do art, re-arrange her house furniture, research, see a movie. Well you get the idea. She
took the “charge” off of go go go do do do and she is very healthy and happy.
It isn’t easy to trust your instincts about what you will do for the day or evening, after work. There is an internal pusher that needs to be quieted. Do you have a part of you that thinks you don’t add value if you aren’t doing something?
What other ways, besides for your routine and work can ignite aliveness in you? Pause and make a note of what thought just popped in your mind. You think you will remember but often that flash is over so jot it down anywhere right now.
You get to begin something and change your mind. Take the pressure off of having to choose the RIGHT thing for you. Begin and notice if you feel more excited or depleted. Exercising might feel depleting until you awaken those muscles to a new habit.
What might be different for you this week if you quieted your chatter in your precious mind and tried a new way of living a day and evening beyond your necessary work? Maybe it is a shift in the way you work and what you are telling yourself as you respond to your to do list. Maybe it is daydreaming or walking buddle up simple to see what you see .
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