You say “ What’s making me feel better is the reminder that this is not my one and only chance. Thanks to my very generous friend, there will be more opportunities to visit her beautiful home. I’m not going to write a whole novel in two days. All I can do is plant some seeds. Take the next right action. Write a few words. Be kind to myself. To all the selves.” That is a very wise point, Hannah! That is part of my new mantra. Personally I used it in dealing with so many things, including my eating disorder! I often tell myself: “This is not the last candy I will ever eat,” or “This is not the last cute sweater I will buy,” or “This is not the last chance I will have to exercise “ (said on days I work out at the gym with my personal trainer but don’t feel like I have the energy to get a really hard workout in at age 72!) It is a phrase that works for so many things in life. You are fortunate to have discovered the phrase so young! Or as my 92 year old friend says in her mantra: “We do the best we can.” And that, my young friends, is enough!
OH the pressure we put on ourselves… even when on a break! I relate to that so fully… have found myself on a one-week vacation realizing I have four weeks of plans for it in terms of ALL the ways I shall relax and enjoy! Being kind to all of ourselves. Brilliant plan.
You say “ What’s making me feel better is the reminder that this is not my one and only chance. Thanks to my very generous friend, there will be more opportunities to visit her beautiful home. I’m not going to write a whole novel in two days. All I can do is plant some seeds. Take the next right action. Write a few words. Be kind to myself. To all the selves.” That is a very wise point, Hannah! That is part of my new mantra. Personally I used it in dealing with so many things, including my eating disorder! I often tell myself: “This is not the last candy I will ever eat,” or “This is not the last cute sweater I will buy,” or “This is not the last chance I will have to exercise “ (said on days I work out at the gym with my personal trainer but don’t feel like I have the energy to get a really hard workout in at age 72!) It is a phrase that works for so many things in life. You are fortunate to have discovered the phrase so young! Or as my 92 year old friend says in her mantra: “We do the best we can.” And that, my young friends, is enough!
OH the pressure we put on ourselves… even when on a break! I relate to that so fully… have found myself on a one-week vacation realizing I have four weeks of plans for it in terms of ALL the ways I shall relax and enjoy! Being kind to all of ourselves. Brilliant plan.