I think I have been one foot in fighting it and one foot in allowing it. I mean this in that I finally "gave in" to the rest, but I also want it to hurry. As soon as I feel a little better, I think I am allllllll rested and then try and take it back to 100. I am grateful my body says, "No, I know what is best," and slows me until I learn when that needs to be the default.
Thank you so much for sharing this -- both so I feel less alone and also so that I can grant myself some more grace than I would have without it.
I hear you my friend. I have been doing the same. I just get so excited when I have energy back, and I want to do everything. Thankfully I think it is starting to even out, but it takes a lot to give in to it in this world that values our productivity above all else. Big love to you too!
Great post to let us all remember to honour where we are and to trust the process.
The reason I have [somewhere on my substack] the image of a cormorant is because after they have dived to get fish they need to dry out before diving again or their wings to waterlogged. I've got pictures of cormorants in my study to remind me that I need to do that.
A wise lady yesterday asked me how I was and I said I was tired but didn't know why, then I told her about hubby getting a new job, daughter moving to a town over 300 miles away, and us having building work done on the house - none of which, I thought, affected me. But it turns out that all those things are leaving me tired and I have to honour it and not keep trying to keep going.
Lovely to have your post to confirm it - and also lovely the timing of reading it because it wouldn't have gone so deep if I'd read it when I received it. X
Thank you so much for sharing this, Diane. A great reminder about self-compassion. I'm so glad this reached you at just the right time, and thank you for sharing about the cormorant :)
I just read your short story -- the Medium - i liked it alot! Are your novels on Amazon?
I have mainly been writing screenplays and I am working on fiction now --trying to make one of my scripts into a Novella -- you gave me some much needed inspiration today!
Thank you so much for reading The Medium, I am so glad that you liked it! It's such an honour to be read :) My first two novels are happily retired to the cupboard and the one I have just finished is out looking for its perfect agent. I love the idea of turning your script into a novella and I am so delighted to have offered some inspiration to you today, Karen. Wishing you all the best with it! ✨
I think I have been one foot in fighting it and one foot in allowing it. I mean this in that I finally "gave in" to the rest, but I also want it to hurry. As soon as I feel a little better, I think I am allllllll rested and then try and take it back to 100. I am grateful my body says, "No, I know what is best," and slows me until I learn when that needs to be the default.
Thank you so much for sharing this -- both so I feel less alone and also so that I can grant myself some more grace than I would have without it.
BIG LOVE!
I hear you my friend. I have been doing the same. I just get so excited when I have energy back, and I want to do everything. Thankfully I think it is starting to even out, but it takes a lot to give in to it in this world that values our productivity above all else. Big love to you too!
P.S. If Glastonbury can take a fallow year, I can take a fallow period. HAHA! Note to self!
Ooh I just looked this up and I love it. We are so on trend!
Great post to let us all remember to honour where we are and to trust the process.
The reason I have [somewhere on my substack] the image of a cormorant is because after they have dived to get fish they need to dry out before diving again or their wings to waterlogged. I've got pictures of cormorants in my study to remind me that I need to do that.
A wise lady yesterday asked me how I was and I said I was tired but didn't know why, then I told her about hubby getting a new job, daughter moving to a town over 300 miles away, and us having building work done on the house - none of which, I thought, affected me. But it turns out that all those things are leaving me tired and I have to honour it and not keep trying to keep going.
Lovely to have your post to confirm it - and also lovely the timing of reading it because it wouldn't have gone so deep if I'd read it when I received it. X
Thank you so much for sharing this, Diane. A great reminder about self-compassion. I'm so glad this reached you at just the right time, and thank you for sharing about the cormorant :)
Thank you for this. I can relate very well to what you are talking about — and this helps me know it’s all just part of the process.
Oh, I'm so glad it was helpful, Karen! Thank you so much for reading and for letting me know :)
I just read your short story -- the Medium - i liked it alot! Are your novels on Amazon?
I have mainly been writing screenplays and I am working on fiction now --trying to make one of my scripts into a Novella -- you gave me some much needed inspiration today!
Thank you so much for reading The Medium, I am so glad that you liked it! It's such an honour to be read :) My first two novels are happily retired to the cupboard and the one I have just finished is out looking for its perfect agent. I love the idea of turning your script into a novella and I am so delighted to have offered some inspiration to you today, Karen. Wishing you all the best with it! ✨