One Apple A Day #402
Lately, I’ve been struggling to get things done.
My todo list keeps growing no matter how many tasks I complete.
I feel like I’m not moving forward.
This morning I took some time to slow down.
No, it’s not true.
I didn’t take it deliberately.
My body took it for me.
I was so tired that I lied in bed until it was very late, at least for my standards. I wasn’t able to convince my body to get up.
But my body was right. As it often is.
That time lying still, allowed my mind to slow down and look at things from a different perspective.
I was entirely focused on the doing.
The tasks to complete, the calls to make, the things to write.
I was lost in the doing.
As a result, I wasn’t present in what I was doing making things worst.
I was in a downward spiral, pushing mindlessly through things.
I needed to pause, and my body reminded me that.
To pause and shift my focus on the being.
How much of myself I put into things is more important than how many things I throw at myself.
When I can enter a state of flow, I become incredibly creative, and things get done.
The key for me is to remind myself to stop thinking of the outcomes and focus on my state of being.
How do I do that?
A precious friend gave me two suggestions that I will apply starting from now.
Take a pause and slow down.
Recenter before starting anything.