Every day may be an opportunity to learn something new. But we can afford ourselves a break sometimes.
I’ve been tuning out my brain from needing to learn or do too much. Earlier in the month I spent a lot of time reading about Autism, ADHD and the like. Right now, I’m doing very little.
Sometimes our brains need time to properly digest the information we take in.
Life can feel too busy to stop – even in the month of August. It can make it feel like we are on a constant treadmill of doing, with moments of respite few and far between.
But what if rather than needing to wait for moments of rest, it was something we actively created?
I haven’t really allowed myself to return to a steady rhythm of life. The implicit ‘need’ to make the most of summer pushed me into a state of freneticism.
Having no plans allows us to do things far more spontaneously. This is very different to the pressure of *needing* to do something.
This is the first weekend I’ve spent at home in Brussels in over a month.
The last four weekends I’ve been away, on a mix of travels through India and successive trips to the UK.
And you know what? I’m tired. Not because of any overt travel fatigue, but because I’ve felt like life has been a consistent set of new hurdles.
The irony is that the only person who fundamentally has been placing these hurdles is myself.
Having now got through a lot of courses and personal adventures, I’m feeling quite worn out. I’m really glad I did these things, but I’m also conscious at how hard I have been pushing myself. Do I really need to live life as if I don’t have time to breath?