Slow Down!!!!!!!!

I’ve been a terrible blogger lately. TERRIBLE. And what breaks my heart about it is that blogging (and writing in general) is one of my most treasured passions. When I’m writing (and documenting) less, I begin to feel less whole and wildly out of balance.

Everything in my life is good. My equilibrium isn’t off because I’m unhappy, but because I have so many wonderful and exciting new things happening in my world and I’m busier than I’ve ever been in my life. My life is full – I just took one look at my calendar, and had a mini panic-attack. I forgot to schedule space for breathing.

Here’s the thing: I don’t do well like this. I need to breathe – a lot, in fact. Breathing in and out, preferably slow, long breaths, makes me happy. It keeps me sane and, well, alive. There is nothing I want to give up – or even would give up – but at some point down the road, I’m going to have to learn to find time for me and the things that make me ME. Whether it’s a night on the sofa doing absolutely nothing (ooh that sounds good!), or an hour-long watching TV, finally taking that CISCO class , or even sleeping, it needs to happen. Because I? Am exhausted.

Over the past few weeks, my body has been breaking down in a myriad of ways as a means of forcing me to slow down; I guess this is good because without its persuasion, I seem to refuse the rest I need. My glands are swollen, I have some weird throat infection, I’m breaking out everywhere and I’m so sluggish that no amount of coffee can keep my weary eyes wide.

It’s that bad.

I recently heard that the most stressful events in life are losing a loved one, getting married, moving and starting a new job. Hmm…all eerily familiar. I lost my chum a couple of years ago (and wow do emotions from that devastating loss still creep up constantly and blindside me when I least expect them…), I recently joined the class of my juniors,class in chennai,little fights . Change isn’t the enemy. In fact, I like it because it means I’m growing, evolving, overcoming challenges and learning plenty of new things. But it certainly takes me some time to adjust. And there’s been a lot of change, mixed in with a continuous stream of activities for months on end now, and I think my body’s finally pleading “UMM”.


But the good news, like I said, is that most everything in my world is fun and positive. I LOVE the way am now , I LOVE my friends! I LOVE all the fun plans. I LOVE that I’m getting busy! So what to do? Try to slow down, take just one night (or maybe even one hour?) to myself a week to do what I want and need for me, and go on happily (and less tired?)

How do you keep sane and healthy when things in your world become overwhelming?