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Why did the dog try to cross the river?

I’ve been watching Coco dog over the last 3 days.

There’s a beautiful river walk near the cottage and I’m taking a couple of hours each day to walk along it.

I take my flask of tea, a snack, camera and notebook and off we go – Coco running ahead in her bliss.

The first time we tried to cross a little stream Coco stayed on the other side and barked at me. She doesn’t swim.

I went back and helped her across.

And on the other side? Doggy heaven with so many places to run.

Yesterday she ran across the stream dragging me behind her because she knew what fun was on the other side.

Now she’s trying to find a way across the big river and I’m fascinated.

It’s almost like she yearns to be on the other side and she won’t give up. She just keeps trying and trying – even though she can’t swim and is a bit afraid.

When she gets too stressed by it all she turns her back to the river and does what she knows – she goes running around in the forrest – and then she keeps coming back to the river.

Has she made it across yet?

Nope and it’s not for want of trying. Her persistence and patience is astonishing. If one little way doesn’t work then she tries another and another and another – and get wet and scared and comes back to be with me for a while.

You know and I know that Coco isn’t having any huge thoughts about having a dream and metaphors about life.

That’s for the mad humans like me.

Coco dog has no self doubt or little voices saying

‘’why are you doing this?’’

‘’bet there are other dogs who can do this better’’

‘’who said you’re good enough to cross the river’’

‘’you’ll never make it’’

She also has no real plan or strategy [like – find the calm shallow bits!] but she looks like she’s having a ball.

These river walks over the last 3 days are Coco’s joy and my sanity.

I’m sitting here to the sound of the river as I write this post. It’s sunny and deeply peaceful – even when my brain is running like a few dozen gerbils in a cage.

The gerbils are really busy as Marc and I prepare to launch the online Life Dreaming Expedition later this year and I’m also starting to promote the 1 day Luxury Life Dreaming Voyage for the end of May.

I’ve always admired my artist friends – musos; singers; painters; writers; filmmakers; actors and artistic events programmers . They  do what they love [and sometimes hate] and then put it out there in public.

I’ve always thought how brave that is – to let what you create go – to literally lose all control over people’s reactions to it.

And in just over a month I’ll be doing the same and today I got a few jitters.

Amazing what comes up when you least expect it.

I LOVE the Life Dreaming Expedition and truly believe it’s a beautiful and practical set of activities that can be of real benefit to people.

And there are the voices that say:

‘’why are you bothering’’

‘’bet there’s better out there’’

‘’it’s not perfect … you still need to tinker with it’’

Blah blah blah

Sitting by the river I hear those voices and let myself feel a little jittery and fragile.

And the other voices [I call them fairy/amazons with attitude] say:

‘’anyone that has read the LD Expedition modules love them – there’s something for everyone’’

‘’ you’ve used the activities and they’ve helped you and heaps of other people’’

‘’get over yourself – nothing’s perfect. ‘’

I’m not alone.

I have my brother and business partner Marc who is my calm port in a storm. I have so many friends and family who believe in me.

Guess I’ll just have to cross the river.

 

 

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One of those days when even the small dreams are hard

There are days when even a small dream looks too hard.

I’ve had one of those days.

I woke up through the night from strange dreams [and I have really strange ones!] and then woke this morning feeling slightly ill.

My gut hurt and I was feeling all stuffed up and I had a ‘feeling’ – one of those intuitions.

I actually said to myself ‘something’s about to happen and I’m not gonna like it’.

So, I just slowed down and had a cuppa and went quiet for a while.

The phone rang and someone left a message. It was my credit union telling me that I needed to pay them money and while they knew people were suffering in this depression [I refuse to call it a recession] would I get it sorted.

Well folks, you can’t make money appear from nowhere.

My business like many others in Ireland has totally suffered as a result of the economic times and while I’m doing a lot of things to remedy the situation – I’m not a miracle worker. It’s been tough financially for a few years [and amazing in other ways].

So what did I do?

I let myself feel shitty for a few minutes and then:

  • emailed the credit union manager and explained my financial situation again. I told him that I couldn’t meet their demands now but was working on it.
  • emailed my sister and let off steam and had a cry
  • emailed my brother Marc and moaned
  • thought about the work I was doing to create something I love
  • affirmed that I was committed to paying the credit union and they would just have to be patient
  • balanced my stressed thoughts about money with thoughts about all the things in my life that were amazing – my friends and family, coco dog, this house I’m housesitting for 6 months …
  • know that strength comes from adversity and wished it came from bubbles!

Then I gave myself the day off from dreaming and planning and making things happen.

I listened to my body, feelings, thoughts and intuition and rested.

Sometimes we just need to stop for while and not be the champions of our dreams and actions.

Sometimes we need to take some time to replenish our energy.

I went to bed and fell asleep and woke to the same day.

I’m not saying that I’m ready to take on the world [I'll leave that for tomorrow] but I am feeling a lot calmer and less stressed.

And, I don’t feel sick any more and my intuition tells me that all will be well eventually.

I went outside and saw the first daffodils and that made me smile.

I have friends visiting this week and next week and that made me smile.

Coco dog ran around me in pure joy at seeing me and that always makes me smile.

I’m smiling and tomorrow will be another day for dreaming, planning and action.

Today I rest.

Take good care of yourself

Liz

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Out of my head

I had plans for today – big plans.

There was a pile of Life Dreaming Expedition design and thinking work on the list.

A great big lovely list that just makes life look like there’s a vestige of control.

I had a plan to site quietly – looking at a candle flame and focusing on my breathing as monks chanted [obviously they're not in the cottage - although in my life anything's possible].

I sat looking at the candle as monks chanted – peace descended – I was one with whatever the universe is …. for exactly 3 minutes!

Coco dog decided I’d been quiet and still for far too long and came over to check I wasn’t dead … then she tried to climb on my lap to make extra sure.

Monks kept chanting … I blew out the candle.

I was drawn to one of my favourite places – the kitchen – and that’s where I got out of my head and found a modicum of peace.

There’s a herb and spice mix that I make from scratch because I love the way it connects me to my senses – to the scent of crushed spices – the look of all the colours – the smells and eventually – the tastes.

When I make the Berbere mix [it's an Ethiopian recipe] I concentrate on just the moment, on just the spice I am crushing and mixing.

And the monks sang on.

As you know I’m a time billionaire and cash challenged so all the food gets eaten.

I rummaged around the fridge and the vegetable bin and created a yummy mince and vege mix that started with a tablespoon of the berbere mix in oil and went from there. I even used the broccoli stalks in the mix and a few vege that were about to say goodbye – spinach, leeks and sweet peppers.

Very tasty.

In all this sensate bliss I went and checked my emails – bad idea. A 1 to 1 design client had messed something up and I will help to fix it. No big deal but I got really irritated because my peace had been disturbed.

Yup – I get the irony.

Decided it’s best just to take a breath and get on with it. I’ll deal with the clients problem and all will be well but I’m leaving the emails alone until later this afternoon when I decide to get back into my head.

I adore my brain and while it is one of my great strengths it is also my greatest weakness. It can crowd out my body, heart and intuition when they want to speak.

I have to consciously create time and space for the other parts of me to not only be heard but also to just exist.

I’m off now to wander the acre of garden that surrounds the cottage I have just moved to in Wicklow. It’s a wonderful space and I get to housesit here for 6 months – a great boon for a cash challenged woman. It’s also a fantastic space for a time billionaire as there are no shops or pubs or anything close by – so I can concentrate time, energy and enthusiasm on getting the Life Dreaming Expedition launched.

Speaking of the LD Expedition – I had a mug made for me and one for brother Marc. I like to have symbols of my dreams around me as I work to make them a reality and what better thing than a mug.

 

If you’d like the Berber mix recipe just click here.

How do you get out of your head and connect with the other parts of yourself?

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Life Dreaming Paradox Part 2 – Looking to the Future and Living in the Moment

A neat paradox.

This one has been and will be my biggest challenges as I work towards getting me and Coco dog back to Oz in early 2012.

Getting back to Oz – that’s the Big Dream – obviously.

Now dear reader, I would happily loll and live in the moment if :-

  • All the money I needed (€12,000 and counting) was in the bank
  • Someone else tracked down all the info about transporting a dog across the world – and – sorted my New Zealand passport – and – did all the marketing for my workshops – and – launched Life Dreaming – and and and and

It would be easy peasy.

It’s not – never is – never will be.

That’s the kick in the arse of having dreams and not just drifting through life. You gotta work (and play) your sweet butt off to make things happen.

The last few months have felt really stressed and all because of – money honey.

My delightful life challenge is to find ways to make money in Ireland during a recession (feels like a depression) that has decimated my consultancy.

I’m no quitter so I’ve been developing ideas and trying to get things up and running. Very slow results but I have hope.

A few weeks ago I realised that most of my energy was focused on the future – planning, making lists, thinking about the next steps and worrying myself into a dither.

I wasn’t looking after myself as well as I could. I do love to eat as a comfort and you know I love my bubbles.

I started to feel totally overwhelmed, stressed, irritable and close to depressed. I was letting my thoughts and feelings rule me. The gerbils were running faster and faster in the cage.

That is not the woman I choose to be.

I stopped and explored what I was doing and what needed to be done.

This is what I asked myself

Work out what you want to do and mark what’s negotiable and what’s not – and then decide next steps.

Here’s what I wrote:

  • I want to move back to Australia – not negotiable
  • I want to bring Coco dog back with me – not negotiable
  • I want to feel healthier and calmer – not negotiable
  • I need money to move back – not negotiable
  • I want to move back to Oz by the end of February 2012 – negotiable

As you can see, my dream is standing the test of time and it’s just the time frame I need to change to decrease the stress and earn the money – and do the thousands of things that need doing.

I am now looking at a move date of April/May 2012 and that has it’s own ramifications as I’ll need to look for short term accommodation from the end of Feb – but that’s something that will work out.

People have suggested I leave Coco dog here for 3 months and go to Oz and earn money. My gut tells me that I’d rather stay here with her and bring her across. Trying to sort someone to look after her has its own costs.

S0, that’s the big picture sorted.

How am I embracing living in the moment?

I’ve created and decided a few things over the last 7 days that have really helped me enjoy the day to day:

  • Go Play – I walk Coco for 45 minutes every day. I laugh and throw the ball and just revel in her delight at being alive. She’s the zen mistress of living in the moment. The exercise is also fab for me and I just relax and take lots of deep breaths and keep throwing the ball for Coco.
  • Shut the Feck Up - I’ve placed a moratorium on worrying about bloody money for 2 weeks and may extend it. When the fear rises and the Goblins sing – I tell them to shut the feck up – I’m doing the best I can.
  • Look after my body – Over the last week I cut out all sugars, starches, carbs and alcohol. I was amazed at how my emotions evened out and calmed down – no anxiety or mood swings. I felt clearer and more able and my body got lighter (by 7lbs) as a result. I’m giving alcohol a miss for the next 60 days and loving my vegetables, fish, chicken and green teas. And it’s no hassle as I can already see the results physically and emotionally.
  • Don’t give up - In terms of earning money I’m working every day to promote my workshops and 1 to 1 sessions and am applying for any kind of work that matched my skills. All this effort will reap some reward soon – I hope.
  • Enjoy the details - In November I start creating the vids for the Life Dreaming Expedition and I’m tres looking forward to it. I’m also doing a self directed learning course on launching online products so I can be ready next year when we launch it all. I see all the actions I do everyday as having meaning and purpose – working towards my dream. I also see a lot of what I do as a kind of work/play and do the best I can in every moment.
  • Ask for Help – I’m asking for help and support from friends, family and complete strangers. I’m asking for feedback on the Luxury Life Dreaming Voyage I’m creating for January. I’m asking/bartering time from a student artist to put my workshop flyers around her campus. I’ll keep asking and most of the time people want to help.
  • It’s not always about me – I give my time to help and support others. Like every human being I can be tres self absorbed. Listening and supporting other people takes me away from myself and gives me perspective.
  • Treat myself – I bought some second hand books and lovely bar of scented soap this week. Things that cost very little and give me great pleasure.
  • Just Stop - I stop all through the day and  - breath in, look around, stretch the old muscles and tell myself it’ll all work out somehow. I revel in the now and relish the taste, texture and scent of things. It calms and delights me. Patting Coco dog always helps.

And when the details of the day to day look like tumbling down on me I

STOP

And take a look at the Big Picture Dream – me and Coco dog on the beach with my sis and time with all my family and friends. I also savour the moment I’m in right now.

New Adventures.

And here’s a little blast from the past – The Only Way is Up

 

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The Dirty Dozen lessons of the last 8 weeks

Mea Culpa my wonderful Life Dreaming readers … it’s been too long between posts … my damn life keeps getting in the way!

The last few months have been very very busy to the point where I kept getting sick with colds and coughs … and felt tired a lot.

When that starts to happen I know it’s time to stop … reflect … and make a few decisions about the next steps.

The activity over the last 8 weeks has all been about fab stuff:

  • We had our Dublin Fashion Swap Shop Event in May – a ton of organising and an amazing day with lots of happy women
  • I rewrote and reimagined the 8 Life Dreaming modules and am really pleased with the result. Thanks to Marc’s gentle feedback [he's a People Whisperer] I took the time to deepen the flow between modules and totally rewrote the last 3.
  • I was [and am] immersed in an evaluation contract that has involved a lot of work and chatting to interesting people. I’m loving the work and the potential for the future of the programme I’m assessing.
  • Pam and I began a Pop Up Shop 2 weeks ago in a new market. We were really pleased at the way we designed the space and women loved what we had on sale. Only problem was … we had to be there 4 days a week and footfall was dreadful.
  • I spent quite a bit of time preparing a proposal for potential new work that still had more work to be done [unpaid].

On Sunday Pam and I decided to close the Pop Up Shop as the low footfall meant it wasn’t making any money and we’d stopped having fun … 2 of our key goals.

I felt a rush of relief as I’m so not a 4 day a week in one place kind of woman … specially when it’s not making money.

On Monday I had an important meeting with the CEO of a national Irish organisation about some work I’m currently doing and he asked me whether I’d be interested in doing some further transformation and action work with them.

When he had left I sat and thought about the work that could be coming up over the next 6 months and realised that in order to do it all well I’d have to work hours beyond what is healthy for me … I had to decide what stayed and what got left behind.

I made a risky decision then and there and withdrew from a potential contract. A contract I know I would have enjoyed.

And yesterday [Tuesday] I rewarded myself for all the thinking, reflecting and risky decision making by staying in bed all day yesterday reading trashy novels … wearing my sparkly bracelets … and sipping a glass of sauv blanc … and not thinking about anything.

Bliss.

I’ve learnt a few lessons over these last few weeks and months and I’d like to share them with you:

Be clear about why you’re doing something so you know when to end or continue - the Pop Up Shop was about money, fun and learning. We got 2 out of 3 and decided to end it because the money wasn’t coming in and we’d stopped having fun and we’d learnt all we needed. Too many people continue with things because they’re not sure of their goals … and … they are beset by inner and external chatter that says ‘don’t give up … what’ll people think … they’ll say I was a failure’.

Keep trying different variations of an idea – Pam sells the clothes online; has tried some markets in the country; a market in the city; the recent Pop Up Shop … and maybe … a Sunday Market.

Celebrate all the efforts in the process and not just the result - I made sure we celebrated all our efforts even when the money result wasn’t as good as we’d have liked. I celebrate the fact that we don’t just talk about ideas … we actually make them happen. It’s hard work so I really really place a lot of importance on recognising & rewarding effort.

Be clear about how you define success - if we only defined the success of all the work that Pam and I have done over the last 3 months in terms of economic profit … then we’d be abject failures. I have other profit indicators – creative profit; playful profit; social profit; community profit; learning profit. On all these levels we were a smashing success – we had a lot of fun … were very creative … learnt heaps … provided a service that made a lot of women happy … and still had some money to give to charity.

Be open to taking risks - nuff said

Listen to yourself when H,M,B,I are shouting and reassess priorities - I was getting sick, feeling exhausted and really stressed and into the beginnings of irritation and anger … so … time to stop and reassess. My health [mental and physical] is really at the core of my vibrancy and I was feeling like a shadow of myself this last month. I also know myself well enough that by last weekend I had to make a decision and open more time and space for myself. I can’t work 5 to 7 days a week and still be creative and engaged. So, Pop Up Shop goes – big relief. And my nagging feeling about the potential work was starting to make me jittery … I was focused on the fact that it was the only work on the horizen and I ‘had’ to get some money in and I did like the look of the work but knew it would eat a lot of time and energy over the next 6 months. My priority is getting Life Dreaming Expedition and LD launched within the next 6 months. And if I got the new contract it would either put LD to the backburner or I’d burn myself out trying to do everything. So, I decided to drop the potential contract.

You’ll know when you’re on the right track - the feeling of relief was like a huge truck and elephant had been lifted off me and I could breathe again. Knowing that I’d had the courage to turn down the new work and close the Pop Up Shop made me feel so happy – and my Intuition was happy because I’d listened … and my emotions and body are delighted because they can rest for a wee while.

Reward your courage and creativity - I gave myself yesterday to loll in bed and read trashy novels and drink a glass of sauv blanc and eat hamburgers and sleep … while wearing all my new sparkling bracelets. I believe that we all need these moments and spaces to recharge and celebrate and simply stop charging ahead. Today I’m celebrating by cleaning the house and taking Coco for a walk  and writing this post … feeling relaxed.

Rethink and redecision the next steps - The potential contract that I withdrew from is no longer an income option and I still need money. I’m taking time to look at what options I have and they’re looking good. There’s the possibility of 2 pieces of work that excite me. In September I’m going to start doing the Blogsite workshops again and I’m even thinking of designing a special Life Dreaming for Artists weekend [I've done professional 3 year artist plans with individual artist friends and they love them] as well as a Life Dreaming Voyage for anyone. And getting the LD Expedition launched is a major priority.

Look after yourself - Even when I was feeling stressed and sick I made sure I ate properly and didn’t drink any alcohol for a few weeks and went to bed and got 8 hours sleep. I didn’t berate myself when things weren’t going well … I looked for reasons and new actions and chose to stay fairly optimistic and hopeful. When my optimism waned and I found myself close to tears a lot … then I knew that my basic caring for myself wasn’t enough and I needed to stop, reassess and make some clear decisions.

Get support - I couldn’t have tried the Swap Shop and Pop Up Shop and all the other things over the last 3 months without other people … specifically Pam and Paul. I got to bounce about ideas; try something new; feel heartened and disheartened with my friends, some of whom were as closely involved with these activities as I was … we swam, sank and swam again together.

Loll - oh how I’ve missed my lolling over the last few months. Every day started to feel like it was all just action, action, action … and I’m not made that way! If I learnt nothing else from the last bit of time … I learnt that lolling [for me] is an integral part of my creativity and energy. I get back to my calm place and am able to imagine and create and write … and all my E Factors come back into play. Interestingly, I’ve realised that lolling is not lazy or unproductive … it’s an essential part of enabling me to create ideas and engage with the world. I need time and space to wander around inside my head … to create and explore new ideas … and just reconnect with what’s important in my life.

So there’s my Dirty Dozen learning from all the fab madness of my life over the last few months.

Life Dreaming Activity

Do any of my Dirty Dozen ring a bell for you?

Which ones would you use a lot?

Which ones would you like to use more?

Please let me know you’re still out there by leaving a comment and/or Liking this post.

I promise to write more often now that I’ve resorted a few things.

 

 

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Where has all the Energy gone?

It’s been a few weeks since I wrote a post and I hope this one finds you well and healthy and full of energy.

I’ve been a sick puppy for coming on 3 weeks with a cold and cough that surprised me with its ferocity.

Most of the time I’m a healthy and energetic woman whose brain buzzes with ideas and I have more energy than the sun.

And while I can often be heard saying ‘I really treasure my health’ it has really come home to me how truly important it is.

It all started 3 weeks ago when I woke with a bit of a cold … no worries says me … a day in bed and I’ll be bouncing back.

Day 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 … bugger … I just felt worse and worse and had to cancel a weeks worth of activities as I lay in bed like a jellyfish with mush brain.

Coco dog was not impressed but staunchly stayed by my side.

Week one goes by and it’s another Monday … a new week of possibilities.

I have meetings every day that require me to have a functioning brain. I make it through the week … just. The meetings are lengthy [2 to 3 hours] and require a lot of  creativity and thinking and contribution on my part. I enjoy them very much as each one is with an interesting and engaging woman … and the topics are truly interesting.

Each day I wake up feeling tired [and coughing ... jeez ... it really exhausts the body] and go to bed tired.

dreaming your life and making it happen

I couldn’t write LD posts as the first week I was in La La Land and the second week I was too exhausted from meetings.

I woke on Monday this week hoping I’d be restored to my happy energy and healthy self … hasn’t happened yet and it’s now Thursday.

I am much better than week one and two but not yet in that happy energetic space.

And as ever … I learnt something about myself and have a few insights that might be useful.

Your health truly is your wealth

I am always grateful for a body that stays healthy most of the time. Our bodies have to hold so much energy from the other parts that make us human … our hearts and minds and whatever makes us our essential selves.

Living takes a lot of energy

Oh yeh baby … every day … every moment … it all takes energy. And the more engaged and aware and conscious and mindful we are … the more energy we use and gain and share. It’s very very powerful and pretty infinite … and we need to create time and space to replenish and recharge.

I know that I have an enormous well of energy … and I also know that I don’t always manage it as well as I could.

Being ill really takes a huge share of energy

I was astonished at how much energy it takes to be ill. It’s like a black hole. For the first week all I could do was lay in bed and barely move. I lost my appetite and my energy and just drifted through the days.

It’s now week 3 and although I’m much better than I was I know that it’ll take another few weeks to rebuild and replenish my energy stores.

It’s amazing how our bodies work to protect us.

Most things can be rescheduled or deferred or delegated

I cancelled a weeks worth of activities and meetings.

Nobody minded … countries didn’t fall … life went on around me.

I wrote about it a lot more here. – 4 Delicious & Dangerous things you can do to sort your life.

Illness can be a time to focus on what’s really important

My body made it very clear that it was not well and would not appreciate being dragged out of bed to meetings or even writing a Life Dreaming post … which I usually love. I had to listen and work at my body’s pace … which in the first week meant no work.

In the second week I was able to go to meetings … all important ones … and that’s all. The opportunity cost of doing those meetings was that I couldn’t do anything else as I was exhausted after 2 to 3 hours of intense concentration and discussion. That was the trade off and pay off.

And this week I decided that I would stay at home and catch up with my writing and other work … walk Coco … and prepare super healthy food to begin to rebuild my energy. I’m not going out or socialising as that will take energy I just don’t have at the moment.

I may stay at home next week to give my body the time it needs to recharge … and then I’m going out to Play!

Some of life’s stresses are self imposed

In all of this I won a contract … the first one in 9 months … yup there’s a recession in Ireland. I’m delighted as the work is with a great organisation and I really enjoy the woman I’m working with … and the work has real world impact.

I also began a new idea for an online business that I’ll be developing over the next year called Ninety Nine Cent Books … more on that anon.

I’m working with a friend to run a Dublin Fashion Swap Shop Event on May 21 and there’s a lot of fun stuff to organise.

And I still have a lot of rewriting and editing of the Life Dreaming Expedition to do so Marc can start design stuff.

When I woke on Monday I made a list of everything I’d be doing … and by yesterday I was like a pile of irritation and stress … tired and exhausted.

When I found myself being irritable with Coco dog I just stopped … sat down … and had a little chat with myself that went something like this …

‘Why are you so irritable Liz? It’s not like you.’

‘I’m so tired and pissed off that I don’t have my usual energy to get everything done. I have to design 4 online surveys by the end of the day and sometime this week I want to edit at least 3 LD modules and Coco needs a walk …’

‘What do you think is stressing you the most? Where is the pressure coming from?’

‘I feel that I’m not going to develop the surveys to a quality I want by the end of the day. I realise that I need to do some online research and develop some conceptual and contextual frameworks that can inform the survey design … and there’s not enough time to do both.’

‘Why don’t you make time … email the client and explain what you’re doing and say the surveys will be ready on Friday or even Monday. Once you get the surveys done you can concentrate on LD most of next week.’

And that’s what I did. And I felt myself relax and the pressure dropped.

The client had no problems and said she’d prefer really quality surveys and trusted my process.

I made time today to write this LD post because I really wanted to connect back to you.

The time I spent researching and thinking yesterday has resulted in an amazing 3D conceptual, temporal and contextual framework that now informs the whole project process … it’s awesome.

I realised that I was the one imposing the stress on myself … therefore I was the one with the power to release the pressure by rearranging deadlines.

And I walked Coco yesterday and we played and I sat on the grass in the sun.

Being ill can be a nice place to visit … just don’t live there

Being ill is interesting.

I got lots of attention … I was able to lay in bed all week and cancel any kind of activity or commitment … I could just let things go and not have to stick to deadlines or be responsible or bright or energetic.

In some ways it was like a vacation … except I felt crappy.

I realised that … for me … being ill can be a tempting place to be … too tempting.

And I choose to be well and energetic and engaged in my life … and I’ll take the time and tonics and healthy food to re energise myself.

I realised in the last few weeks that I love the life I live … and I want to have the energy to live it.

My health really is my wealth.

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How does your energy get used up?

How do you replenish your energy?

Have you ever felt the temptations of being ill?

How much of the stress and pressure in your life is self imposed?

What will you do to change that?

I’d love to hear what you think. Leave a comment below and let’s chat.

 

 

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