In a fast paced world, how do you slow down and make time for what's important?
I'm learning to enjoy the quiet and lazy norm.
Things that make up a life, you know.
I even got to lay on grass and just talk with someone, while watching the dark sky recently. It was nice.
Cause what most people don't talk about is...
No one tells us how to be an adult.
No one tells us it's up to us to slow down and call the shots on what truly counts as priority.
See, I, like most people now, used to arrange my schedule based on what society dictates.
Screaming bosses. Screaming clients. Wild and rampant coworkers.
I hope you know I'm talking metaphorically for the most part, but I know for some, it's literally. Relatives in need. Friends' dilemmas. Family needs.
Being needed by whoever for whatever, that I forget I was needed by myself too.
So I was drained. SO FREAKING DRAINED.
And then, I'm not anymore. :)
But for this to happen, things had to change. And I needed to call the shots.
Pushing oneself to be faster or in sync with the fast paced world is something I had to unlearn. My priorities being dictated by other people is something I had to unlearn.
Prioritizing my own needs is something I had to relearn. Funny that, actually.
But I am not ashamed to admit I had been wrong.
It's only my first life. :)
I'm a growing adult, a person trying her best and striving to live a full life for myself.
So here I say, other people matter.
Maybe for you it's your family and friends or a lover.
But you matter too, you know.
You matter too. I hope you don't forget. :)
And herein lies my pondering.
On the matter of time devoted for breathers, I get to do them now, mostly two out of seven days a week but it counts. For me, it counts.
Two days felt pretty cramped though. So I'm learning to breathe at work too.
On those freeing time, it's like I enjoy quiet time with people. But I also enjoy my quiet time alone. This is the part where I find myself in a dilemma, or maybe in a puzzling predicament is a better phrase.
I reckon other adults face the same situation.
I'm constantly being told dating is something I have to do. And I do agree, but, but...
On the matter of meeting decent strangers you can be comfortable with and building meaningful relationships, in this world, how do you people do it?
Cause I've only relearned to use my energy for myself and what's important to me.
The idea of making time for someone else in the romantic sense is honestly...well, let's just say he has to be more important than my rest or be able to give me that Lol XD
So yeah, what's up with that? Is there like a magic trick or something else? How do you do it?
Things that make up a life, you know.
I even got to lay on grass and just talk with someone, while watching the dark sky recently. It was nice.
Cause what most people don't talk about is...
No one tells us how to be an adult.
No one tells us it's up to us to slow down and call the shots on what truly counts as priority.
See, I, like most people now, used to arrange my schedule based on what society dictates.
Screaming bosses. Screaming clients. Wild and rampant coworkers.
I hope you know I'm talking metaphorically for the most part, but I know for some, it's literally. Relatives in need. Friends' dilemmas. Family needs.
Being needed by whoever for whatever, that I forget I was needed by myself too.
So I was drained. SO FREAKING DRAINED.
And then, I'm not anymore. :)
But for this to happen, things had to change. And I needed to call the shots.
Pushing oneself to be faster or in sync with the fast paced world is something I had to unlearn. My priorities being dictated by other people is something I had to unlearn.
Prioritizing my own needs is something I had to relearn. Funny that, actually.
But I am not ashamed to admit I had been wrong.
It's only my first life. :)
I'm a growing adult, a person trying her best and striving to live a full life for myself.
So here I say, other people matter.
Maybe for you it's your family and friends or a lover.
But you matter too, you know.
You matter too. I hope you don't forget. :)
And herein lies my pondering.
On the matter of time devoted for breathers, I get to do them now, mostly two out of seven days a week but it counts. For me, it counts.
Two days felt pretty cramped though. So I'm learning to breathe at work too.
On those freeing time, it's like I enjoy quiet time with people. But I also enjoy my quiet time alone. This is the part where I find myself in a dilemma, or maybe in a puzzling predicament is a better phrase.
I reckon other adults face the same situation.
I'm constantly being told dating is something I have to do. And I do agree, but, but...
On the matter of meeting decent strangers you can be comfortable with and building meaningful relationships, in this world, how do you people do it?
Cause I've only relearned to use my energy for myself and what's important to me.
The idea of making time for someone else in the romantic sense is honestly...well, let's just say he has to be more important than my rest or be able to give me that Lol XD
So yeah, what's up with that? Is there like a magic trick or something else? How do you do it?
