Maybe you should rethink checking your email first thing in the AM if it sends you reeling right away.
Maybe you should stop communicating with people after 3 PM if by then you're too tired to read any more words that arrive to your inbox.
Maybe this is the week to focus on what your boundaries are instead of paying attention to everyone else’s. It does a body good. It does a week even better.
I give myself two hours before I even open an electronic device. I do not run this world and news from it can wait to reach me, I do not need to make any decision until they do, and I trust that those in charge know what to do. They do not need my opinion. Thank God, they don’t.
And I shut down business at 3:30 pm.
At that time, I am starting to be spent. Doing service to others for eight hours is plenty enough. I can give a third of the day to my own, my family, and myself. I do not need to be available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. I get to break before I break down. And I need to recharge. To replenish and refuel.
And I also need eight hours in bed.
Sounds like a healthy balance to me.
Do you plan your day?
I use a Full Focus Planner. And I love it. It saves my life from total chaos. It saves my brain from being scattered or obsessive.
My planner contains everything I need for the present moment.
I love paper planners much better than the electronic version of the task managers like Trello or similar.
I get caught up in the rabbit holes when using online versions.
Paper feels good. I enjoy the feel and the experience of my pen on paper.
I also know that the process - from hand to brain and vice versa - is needed to slow me down and be able to listen to what inspires me and guides me to the right next action.
I take one day at a time.
Be present to the moment
Set boundaries. I only have this moment. The past does not exist anymore and the future does not exist yet. I can remember the past and plan for the future, but I do not need to experience the feelings that the past brings me - regret or grief - nor the worries about the future - unpredictability and insecurity. My thoughts are creative, I want them to create a safe and healthy space where I can experience light and love.
