Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.Embrace the warmer weather we get to welcome with spring and greet it with refreshing flavors. Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face. Who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes. Who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down. The one who is eating sugar out of my hand, The one who has flung herself out of the grass, mmhmĪnd here is “The Summer Day” in it’s entirety, because the beauty of that last line cuts deep when you travel through the complete poem. It is extremely daunting to think about WRITING AN ENTIRE BOOK, but splitting it up into smaller projects may help out! And then you can be like, I’m 1/8th done! - Also, this salad. Remember to celebrate any victory or accomplishment and maybe turn your book project into a bunch of “sprints,” which you said you work better at. I think if I keep practicing and learning how to better balance everything I’ll feel more calm and confident about that time off. Letting myself play more has not come naturally and sometimes (on vacations + especially on a Sundays) it causes me quite a bit of anxiety. It has been fabulous, but I can’t say it hasn’t been a struggle. I’d say in the past 6 months I’ve also been trying carve out more “play” time because, as you said, life is insanely short. Over-committing, too many to-do’s, feeling paralyzed about certain things to the point where I put them off for as long as humanely possible, ETC. I can 100% relate to every word of this post. But, choosing to tackle only the essentials each day is leaving me feeling much more capable and confident, and most importantly – at ease. Nonetheless, it’s a marathon – I like sprints. There is still no doubt a mountain of work ahead of me this year – very meaningful work I care passionately about. Manageable, achievable, less stress, deep breathe in and out – I can do this. I’m kind of a work horse and I like a challenge so overloading had become my default. The better news? I’ve found a solution to all my worrying and fumbling: Don’t over commit.īefore, I used to put 4-5 things on my daily to do list and that would instantly make me feel anxious and overwhelmed by the day’s activities. And, it’s causing me to focus and refine – two very positive things. The good news? I’m not actually complaining about any of this – I’m excited. Sounds simple enough but then it becomes surprisingly difficult the minute I lift my head off my pillow in the morning.
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