anon · 5mo
The conversations that have happened here today have been so healing 💕 I too have gone through some serious ups and downs in my capacity and ability to Work at a Job in the last several years, and it's been so difficult to learn to listen to my body and my mind and advocate for what I KNOW is really best for me when everyone around me is always urging me to do more, try harder, don't be lazy, don't be irresponsible. What's actually irresponsible is damaging myself long-term by pushing myself to my absolute maximum now so that it looks like I'm "being responsible" in the short term. Finding balance is still a work in progress, and I'm coming to terms with the idea that my personal and financial situation may never allow me to find that "perfect" balance. So I've been finding and cultivating pockets of restoration and peace within the bounds of what I can do, and it's always so amazing to see how the more I intentionally allow myself to have softness and easiness in my life, the stronger and healthier my life becomes. Some people thrive on pushing themselves to their limits and chasing everything with intensity. Some of us thrive when we stop and choose to see the small things already around us as beautiful and precious. There are so many, many ways to be! (And sometimes, there are times in life to be one way and times in life to be another way, and even if you used to live one way before, it's ok to live a different way now, and maybe even live differently again in the future! You always deserve to live in the way that will allow you to thrive and will allow you to be YOU, whatever that looks like!)
I'm wishing you luck, and really admiring your strength to know yourself and know what's best for yourself! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and wisdom with all of us 🩷
╯︿╰ my lovely anon . ,..,
right . ,. i think for most people , they believe that those who dont live life the same as them are doing it because of a lack of care , or an unwillingness to Be Normal , but obviously it cudnt be further from the truth . its the fact that We Care that makes us take thigns slowly , because otherwise , things wouldnt turn out well at all .. im glad ure steadily working on finding a balance :-)
and ure so right about this , many of use go through periods in our lives due to outside and Inside circumstances when we're Less productive or More productive , and thats "normal" for all people , but can be more severe for those of us who may not be Built for .. the more strenuous .. parts of modern society . sometimes i think of simpler times , when work was more linear , when it wud feed the active part of ur brain with results much faster , much more directly .. but alas we have to work for numbers on a screen now as opposed to tilling our own soil lfmao . pros and cons to both ofc ..
i wish u luck as well !!!!! we are holding spectral hands as we walk believe u me (* ￣3)(ε￣ *)
