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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?
