Conversations With Myself
Jun. 9th, 2007 08:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenstormSelf-care:
1) Sleep enough
2) Take time to spend with myself
3) Exercise
4) Sunshine
5) Do things that make me laugh
6) Snuggle with rats
7) Eat regularly
8) ...and well.
If the above fail
9) Mentally tell the world to fuck off and die, and do your thing anyhow.
If that fails, raise your voice. ;P
I realise sort of after the fact that there's no asking for help on here. Think about that, Greenie. Why?
It's because I feel if I ask for help, I then have an obligation to the person I've asked, and I feel overwhelmed by obligation right now.
That's why you went away to Kelowna, to take a break from this feeling, and you came back knowing that is precisely what you need to escape. You need to be giving from a position of generosity rather than duty or obligation.
I know. I have some ideas on how to get there, but the transition phase is hard for me. I tend to kick hard and run off, upsetting the whole apple cart. I'd prefer this to be more graceful.
If you push yourself too hard trying to be graceful, might you just up and fuck off one day anyhow?
Yeah, which is where self-care comes in. And friends. The thing is, then it feels like you're just getting through 'till then, where what I want is to feel like I'm happily living and giving.
You realise you had a hard night last night, haven't eaten breakfast, and haven't slept much lately?
Yeah, that's why I'm not taking myself too seriously.
Good, that's always important, just don't forget what you learned up there
1) Sleep enough
2) Take time to spend with myself
3) Exercise
4) Sunshine
5) Do things that make me laugh
6) Snuggle with rats
7) Eat regularly
8) ...and well.
If the above fail
9) Mentally tell the world to fuck off and die, and do your thing anyhow.
If that fails, raise your voice. ;P
I realise sort of after the fact that there's no asking for help on here. Think about that, Greenie. Why?
It's because I feel if I ask for help, I then have an obligation to the person I've asked, and I feel overwhelmed by obligation right now.
That's why you went away to Kelowna, to take a break from this feeling, and you came back knowing that is precisely what you need to escape. You need to be giving from a position of generosity rather than duty or obligation.
I know. I have some ideas on how to get there, but the transition phase is hard for me. I tend to kick hard and run off, upsetting the whole apple cart. I'd prefer this to be more graceful.
If you push yourself too hard trying to be graceful, might you just up and fuck off one day anyhow?
Yeah, which is where self-care comes in. And friends. The thing is, then it feels like you're just getting through 'till then, where what I want is to feel like I'm happily living and giving.
You realise you had a hard night last night, haven't eaten breakfast, and haven't slept much lately?
Yeah, that's why I'm not taking myself too seriously.
Good, that's always important, just don't forget what you learned up there
