- making bits of space for the enjoyment of simple sensual pleasures - food, hot or cold drink, positive human touch from friends/family, the quality of light as I commute from A to B, short phone calls, snippets of poetry, fun outfits to wear, scrubbing my scalp in the shower, 3 minute chunks of meditative breathing, flying down hills or churning up them on my bike, giving furry beings scritches until their tails thump or their paws start grow warning claws because so much good how can even, applying fire / sharp knife to ingredients and making new variations of food om nom nom, being in easy silence or relaxation with people, did I mention breathing?...
- articulating if only to myself what is hard & what I'm feeling
- de-escalating to 'make the job smaller' when 'get all the jobs done' starts to reek of magical thinking / avoidance
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making certain habits things that always happen instead of things I choose to do
Date: 2013-07-31 01:10 pm (UTC)Some examples that can make all the difference during hard weeks:
- regular vigorous exercise, especially running
- doing as much as possible of my computer time at work / home standing up
- sticking to a regular wakeup time regardless of how early / late I go to sleep
- hosting occasional 'How Are You? (in Haiku)' days at my Dreamwidth journal (am doing one today, actually - everyone & anyone is welcome to come participate)
- making bits of space for the enjoyment of simple sensual pleasures - food, hot or cold drink, positive human touch from friends/family, the quality of light as I commute from A to B, short phone calls, snippets of poetry, fun outfits to wear, scrubbing my scalp in the shower, 3 minute chunks of meditative breathing, flying down hills or churning up them on my bike, giving furry beings scritches until their tails thump or their paws start grow warning claws because so much good how can even, applying fire / sharp knife to ingredients and making new variations of food om nom nom, being in easy silence or relaxation with people, did I mention breathing?...
- articulating if only to myself what is hard & what I'm feeling
- de-escalating to 'make the job smaller' when 'get all the jobs done' starts to reek of magical thinking / avoidance