Dear Lovely People
Hello and welcome. This article is a bit of a long one, so put yer feet up and have a cuppa. Hope you are enjoying the Spring weather as it fluctuates between all four seasons within the span of a day. Yet in all things it’s about being grateful and moving with fluidity and being adaptable to the weather’s ever changing moods. When we realise that each mood swing serves nature for its greater good whether that be sunshine, or rain, it is what the earth needs at that moment in time. Similar to how we experience life really. It’s all about balance. One of the biggest lessons I have had to learn over the past year is simply that of balance. I am really enjoying life now as I have had to learn to take time out when the going gets tough and the tough gets going . I take time out for Esther, yes I now pull back. I once fought this pulling back “lark” as I thought it to be. Had a few heart palpitations and sweaty palms as I fought the urge to attack my laptop with vigour, but you will be happy to know that I survived and have been taking Sundays off for the past two months. Hmmm….ME TIME? I question? Did that mean head to the bath to soak for a mere ten minutes or so, or could I possibly take more time out for me and do things for a longer period of time without having laptop withdrawal symptoms? I certainly never knew I could do this until I made a conscious choice to enjoy life a little more and guess what, I am having a ball.
Yes, I admit I am a workaholic and I love everything I do. I can hear some of you snorting, “you lucky so and so” as you resentfully sit in a job which has long lost its appeal and all you’ve got to look forward to is a pension where you can holiday once in 20 years and have a bag a crackers for supper as a treat once in a blue moon. It’s all about choices peeps. I jumped with the Titanic years ago, nearly sunk, but I paddled hard and finally things are coming together for me.
Yep I am definitely passionate about my work, but in the process of this, I have learned to sleep when I am tired, bedding down in the middle of the day if I must, this has nothing to do with being idle by the way, it is more about being selfless and looking out for number one, so that I can then look after those around me even better. My glass has to be constantly topped up, otherwise, how can I ever expect to give to others without burning myself out, which I have done in the past. Also in taking time out, I am learning to smell the roses, the daffodils, the petunias and even da coffee, mmmmm…deelish!!!!! Other times I will take a walk…nope not on the wild side but out in nature or run in the park with my dog or meet up with the occasional friend. I have a small but beautiful set of friends whom I can cuddle into, laugh and chill out with and the more I do this is the more I am embracing life. When’s the last time you laughed and relaxed into you so much so you forgot who you think you are? Hmmm think about it, me mateys.
Many, many (hmmm many) years ago I dated someone briefly who worked around the clock. He coined himself an entrepreneur. Worked himself ragged and sometimes disappeared for days on end. I remember saying to him to be mindful to take time out to connect with people because you never knew what was around the corner. Yet he kept on working so much so he became a recluse. Then one-day he called me to say his next door neighbour had died about two weeks prior. He had not been aware of this because he had been in one of his “reclusive” states” for over a week. This situation really left my friend feeling terribly gutted as his neighbour was someone who he really respected and loved. After that he realised the importance of creating time even if it was to say hello, to pick up the phone, to send an email, to maintain contact somehow. Life is a precarious thing is it not? a bit like a bowl of sweets. You dip your hand in and never know what you are going to pull out and sometimes your hand comes up empty because all the sweets have gone.
Many of us are working towards a goal, for an aim, and in the midst of that we forget to find quality time for ourselves. I should know I’ve been there. But the more conscious I become and the more aware of my understanding of life and how it works, is the more I realise how important it is to even say a “hello” once in a while and for me to recognise what is really important in my life.
Hello and welcome. This article is a bit of a long one, so put yer feet up and have a cuppa. Hope you are enjoying the Spring weather as it fluctuates between all four seasons within the span of a day. Yet in all things it’s about being grateful and moving with fluidity and being adaptable to the weather’s ever changing moods. When we realise that each mood swing serves nature for its greater good whether that be sunshine, or rain, it is what the earth needs at that moment in time. Similar to how we experience life really. It’s all about balance. One of the biggest lessons I have had to learn over the past year is simply that of balance. I am really enjoying life now as I have had to learn to take time out when the going gets tough and the tough gets going . I take time out for Esther, yes I now pull back. I once fought this pulling back “lark” as I thought it to be. Had a few heart palpitations and sweaty palms as I fought the urge to attack my laptop with vigour, but you will be happy to know that I survived and have been taking Sundays off for the past two months. Hmmm….ME TIME? I question? Did that mean head to the bath to soak for a mere ten minutes or so, or could I possibly take more time out for me and do things for a longer period of time without having laptop withdrawal symptoms? I certainly never knew I could do this until I made a conscious choice to enjoy life a little more and guess what, I am having a ball.
Yes, I admit I am a workaholic and I love everything I do. I can hear some of you snorting, “you lucky so and so” as you resentfully sit in a job which has long lost its appeal and all you’ve got to look forward to is a pension where you can holiday once in 20 years and have a bag a crackers for supper as a treat once in a blue moon. It’s all about choices peeps. I jumped with the Titanic years ago, nearly sunk, but I paddled hard and finally things are coming together for me.
Yep I am definitely passionate about my work, but in the process of this, I have learned to sleep when I am tired, bedding down in the middle of the day if I must, this has nothing to do with being idle by the way, it is more about being selfless and looking out for number one, so that I can then look after those around me even better. My glass has to be constantly topped up, otherwise, how can I ever expect to give to others without burning myself out, which I have done in the past. Also in taking time out, I am learning to smell the roses, the daffodils, the petunias and even da coffee, mmmmm…deelish!!!!! Other times I will take a walk…nope not on the wild side but out in nature or run in the park with my dog or meet up with the occasional friend. I have a small but beautiful set of friends whom I can cuddle into, laugh and chill out with and the more I do this is the more I am embracing life. When’s the last time you laughed and relaxed into you so much so you forgot who you think you are? Hmmm think about it, me mateys.
Many, many (hmmm many) years ago I dated someone briefly who worked around the clock. He coined himself an entrepreneur. Worked himself ragged and sometimes disappeared for days on end. I remember saying to him to be mindful to take time out to connect with people because you never knew what was around the corner. Yet he kept on working so much so he became a recluse. Then one-day he called me to say his next door neighbour had died about two weeks prior. He had not been aware of this because he had been in one of his “reclusive” states” for over a week. This situation really left my friend feeling terribly gutted as his neighbour was someone who he really respected and loved. After that he realised the importance of creating time even if it was to say hello, to pick up the phone, to send an email, to maintain contact somehow. Life is a precarious thing is it not? a bit like a bowl of sweets. You dip your hand in and never know what you are going to pull out and sometimes your hand comes up empty because all the sweets have gone.
Many of us are working towards a goal, for an aim, and in the midst of that we forget to find quality time for ourselves. I should know I’ve been there. But the more conscious I become and the more aware of my understanding of life and how it works, is the more I realise how important it is to even say a “hello” once in a while and for me to recognise what is really important in my life.
H eaps of love and hugs
Esther
Esther
