Take a pause, please.
Introspect
Do you like taking up challenges? Are you too stressed, recently? Does it seem like you aren’t able to function properly on certain task which you used to do well? Finally, does relaxing for a while makes you feel like you must be indulged in work of some form?
Even I’ve felt the same way.
I have this tendency to not sit still. I get this feeling of having to do some work or get myself to do something of function(not necessarily work), at all times. It might be scrolling socials, spending time with friends, reading something or the other. In short, I somehow tend to find myself justifying what I must be doing with my time, at all times. Be it, reading, scrolling, writing etc.
Okay, Let me ask you this :
How much time did you spend alone doing nothing, last week? By ‘nothing’ I mean ‘nothing’. No work, no phone, not thinking about future, not thinking of the past. Just sitting and simply observing what’s going on around, letting your thoughts flow in.
As cliché as it sounds, it’s difficult.
I have a small task for you.
Avoid performing all the small subconscious actions that you might do in a day.
Example:
Let’s say you are waiting in a line. The probability of you picking up your phone when waiting in the line is very high. Just don’t. Just let yourself, stay. See what happens! Let your mind wander around observing things.
Let me know how it felt.
Okay, that’s it for this week!
bye.
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