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I'm not much for self-help books and I'm usually dismissive of books that include the word "cure", but I decided to purchase The Busy Brain Cure: The Eight-Week Plan to Find Focus, Tame Anxiety, and Sleep Again, by Romie Mushtaq, MD
And I decided that instead of skipping around like I usually do when I read this kind of stuff, that I'd dutifully read each chapter in order and read the self-discovery questions. After Chapter One, this question made me go HMMM:
"Can you think of a time when you succeeded at something important in your life without having to be under a long period of stress?"
Hmmmm. It took me a couple minutes and finally I came up with ... gardening. Then I thought of making my mead flavors, and going somewhere new but with no agenda, just discovery. And finally, sitting with a patient who is not in distress but needs care or comfort.
These are all things that I feel are important in my life and give me a feeling of accomplishment but do not come at the cost of a long period of stress.
How about you? Can you think of a time when you succeeded at something important in your life without having to be under a long period of stress?
And I decided that instead of skipping around like I usually do when I read this kind of stuff, that I'd dutifully read each chapter in order and read the self-discovery questions. After Chapter One, this question made me go HMMM:
"Can you think of a time when you succeeded at something important in your life without having to be under a long period of stress?"
Hmmmm. It took me a couple minutes and finally I came up with ... gardening. Then I thought of making my mead flavors, and going somewhere new but with no agenda, just discovery. And finally, sitting with a patient who is not in distress but needs care or comfort.
These are all things that I feel are important in my life and give me a feeling of accomplishment but do not come at the cost of a long period of stress.
How about you? Can you think of a time when you succeeded at something important in your life without having to be under a long period of stress?
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Really, getting most things done for me requires not being under a long period of stress. Life being what it is, sometimes I cannot get that, and some things get done, but they would be done sooner and better without the stress. It is not some kind of wonderful crucible for me, it's just a stupid useless set of chains.
P.
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Edit: I didn't put writing in my original post list because I'm very self-critical of my writing. I love the process but then feel, oh, no one will enjoy this.