It’s been a while. I was on holiday for a week and then have spent a week trying to get my habits back, trying to get my mind back really, as it tends to go a bit AWOL when I drink, eat sugar, and don’t have any time for myself, all of which happened on […]
It’s always and only ever my problem
This topic just popped into my head. Am I afraid of people and do I feel not good enough, or in fact, a lot of the time, do I just not like people? Because I was invited to something recently and I basically got into a big stress about it trying to resolve my feelings, […]
Stop, sit, listen, if you can?
I don’t understand what life is for. I just keep striving to achieve things, but it doesn’t really make me happy. Whether I achieve things or not, I just move on to the next thing and I start striving for that. I think I need to relax and let myself find what feels good, find […]
Anxiety, time pressure and negativity bias
I feel blocked today. I started my June book this morning and because I want it to actually be a book this time I spent longer on it, deleting some parts where I went off on tangents, and thinking a little more about what I wanted to say. Then I went for my run, which […]
Worries, busyness and inner peace
Yesterday I asked the question of whether work and busyness were the cure for anxiety. Today I woke up feeling incredibly worried about money and my job, which are not going well at the moment. This worry was probably mainly due to the fact that yesterday evening I did my accounts for the first time […]
Is work the cure for anxiety?
I’m reading Mother’s Boy by Patrick Gayle. I’m only at the start of it and he’s describing how the protagonist’s mother and father met. Both of them are servants and he describes how hard their work is, their lives are, with very little time off, and falling into bed exhausted at night. Last Thursday evening […]