It feels like I just restarted this blogging effort. More than a feeling, I guess. Over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed it’s been tough to carve out time in my schedule to meet my self-imposed weekly editorial schedule and have an article ready to go by Monday. Thus, as I re-work my life to better support a sober lifestyle, I’m seeking areas where I can remove stress; with stress being a major reason that I drank like I did.
While I really do enjoy sitting down and composing my thoughts and then sharing them here, it’s just too much at this time. I’ll be spending the next few weeks taking a sort of inventory of the areas in my life where I want to put my energy and carrying on from there. One area I can say I want to invest in for certain is self-care. That doesn’t mean just pampering and “me time”. Instead, at this time it’s more of a triage effort to find the parts of my being that are most in need of rest and healing and focusing on those.
If you’ve read through my past couple of posts, thank you. I look forward to connecting again in the near future. In the meantime time, I encourage you to think of ways you can improve your self care routine. Is it to carve out a few minutes in the morning or evening for some undisturbed quiet? Focusing on reading a new book? Setting and adhering to an exercise routine? I guess that sounds a little like “me time”, but once on r/stopdrinking, someone once posted something about burning oneself in order to keep others warm. In some ways I think that’s how I’ve burned out. So, some me time will allow healing so that we can continue to support others in a more healthy and balanced manner. Also, I have goals of improving on all those activities as I learn to live life without blinders.
Good luck out there!