A man went to a clinic in distress.
“Doc,” he said in pain, “I get a migraine every time I roll my eyes to the left. PLEASE tell me you can help.”
“Oh, I'm 100% sure I can help," the doctor replied.
Excited for relief, the man was annoyed at the doctor's prescription:
“Stop rolling your eyes to the left!”
Maybe you can see where I'm going with this. But don't worry, I'm not pointing a finger at you (not yet LOL) but myself:
I can go from feeling fine to a pit of despair—I mean BIG time despair—shockingly fast when I'm fatigued. And overworking and / or not sleeping well put me in that state.
You'd think that knowing all that would stop me from overworking or doing things that I know good and well disrupt my sleep, but it doesn't many times.
At the risk of stating the obvious…
The easiest way to feel more alive—and have the capacity to better care for ourselves and others—is getting out of habits that wear us down.
I have a habit of drinking herbal tea at night.
While that may seem benign or even beneficial, it can be quite depleting for me because my sleep gets super disrupted with trips to the bathroom.
The issue here isn't whether our habits are “good” or “bad,” but whether they're more or less supportive of what we truly want to be, do or have.
I want to be peaceful, joyful and kind. And health personified. I want to enjoy satisfying relationships and make villages the norm (among other things, of course).
What habit you can release (or rework) to help be, do or have what you want?
Herbals teas offer loads of health benefits.
Meaning, they directly support my desire to be the embodiment of health. So instead of not drinking herbal tea, I'm reworking my habit to drink it earlier in the day.
No matter our desires, sleep is a must to make them happen.
Needing sleep isn't just a me thing, it's a you thing too.
Especially if you're in despair or feeling emotionally ungrounded.
So my next tips will be about creating tiny habits to improve catching some Zs.
