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We carry so much throughout a single day: responsibilities, reminders, the weight of impending deadlines, bags, and the heat, now that we’re in the middle of the summer. Our bodies deserve a break—deserve to release and relax. You deserve to relax and heal.
Today, we are taking another tip from the trees this season. Just as the trees learn to shed their leaves, let’s shake it off!
Earlier in August, we wrote about the unconventional horror story: the Wall of Awful. The Wall of Awful describes a metaphorical wall that makes starting or working on tasks difficult. This wall is built up of past experiences that interfere with your ability to do The Thing. This week, let’s examine several responses to the Wall of Awful and how we can climb it with our well-being in mind.
So, you’ve started a habit. You’ve kept up good progress for a week. Each day, you’re marking off that you hit your daily goal. The momentum is building, and you have a good roll with this new habit.
And then, one day, several weeks later, the day gets crazy, and you forget. Or you fall sick and can’t find the energy to meet you daily goal. You broke your streak.
Now what?
We usually think of mindfulness as noticing our breath or paying attention to the present moment, but there’s another angle: noticing the little storylines our brain creates from everyday life. Instead of drifting through routines on autopilot, we invite you to bring awareness to your expectations and the “scripts” we follow without even realizing it.
While you likely will not find this in a conventional horror story, the scariest things sometimes are the tasks on our to-do list. So this week, let’s understand why this happens and why the “just do it” mentality is not helpful.
Resiliency is not about pushing and brute forcing your way forward through pain, anguish, or “laziness.” It’s about your ability to bounce back, to stand up 8 times when you fall 7 seven times.
And, sometimes, that “bounce back” looks delayed because you needed to rest. That’s okay.
When you think back on your year, does life quickly turn drab and boring? Days bleed into each other. Weeks glob together. Months pass by until the year looks like one giant blob that is hard to tease one day from the next. Maybe you remember your (too short) vacation, the few family get-togethers, and a little bit from the holidays. You recall a few highlights in the year, like a wedding or the first day on a job.
If you tend to reach New Year’s Eve and think, *Another year. Where did all the time go?* Then stick around. This week, we’re building memories.
Have you walked by something that reminded you of your old friends, bringing up fond memories and making you miss them?
Life is busy. Paths diverge. Friendships often dissipate over time, and reconnecting can be difficult at first. So, this week, we’re rekindling the connection with our old friends.
When the weekend hits, then I’ll be happy.
When I finally land my dream job, start a family, or my dream home, then I’ll be happy.
Once this stress is gone, then I’ll be happy.
Notice a pattern? We often wait for change to happen to us before we allow ourselves to be happy, as though happiness is something that happens to you.
What if happiness is something you do—something you create?
Do you wake up to the day with a seemingly endless amount of possibilities and energy to achieve those possibilities? Or do you wake up to the day knowing you only have so much energy? You know you will have to ration out what you spend your time on, and it might not even be enough to make it through the necessary tasks of the day.
Spoon Theory is a concrete way to discuss how people in the chronically ill, disabled, and neurodivergent communities manage their energy.
Congratulations on taking this step!
We look forward to working with you!
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