Red,
That was helpful. Knowing we can ebb and flow is good too.
Ashley,
I can tell I'm doing too much when I find I'm rushing.
I don't need to rush. Rushing doesn't help enjoy the moments, people around us, the senses...what's the point, I was asking myself today, if I rush and things are a blur? But we live in this consumer society which pushes consumption, hyperactivity. Today I was in a store where I was asked numerous times if I could be helped. My negative interpretation was I was being bothered, and I think I need a break.
Now I can even let myself make typos on my posts, since it doesn't matter.
I've tried to notice, although I barely stop doing it, when I am starting something new without finishing something else. I have a lot of things to do, in different stages of completion, with the sense of accomplishment. This isn't helpful, since they're not really connected, as subtasks of a large, thoroughly planned project with seamless timelines.
I have limits with my scatterbrain! I feel like a rubber ball responding to stresses, and not grounded. I try to get grounded in the garden, as Davit suggests he does(I think) at the end of the day, so I can unwind and get to bed.
The therapeutic thing about shopping isn't the luxury, since I don't treat myself. I just buy need-to things like a shower wand since I can't use the bathtub, or a diary, since I nearly forgot some important appointments and the old diary is nearly completed(and stock runs out) or food for casseroles or we're eating the same thing(okay for me, not for mom who has a strict diet the challenges of a senior) or topsoil for the garden since the garden is sandy or juice boxes for packing for mom in case she's thirsty(and now she has some friends we visit once a week).
So much to do so little time. I wish I could turn this brain off, sometimes.
