RE: Spending Time in Your Personal "Wilderness"
This is such a lovely post, really made me think. I stress out quite easily, and it made me think of a time when I was living in London - notoriously difficult place to live ha - and I'd kinda reached my breaking point and needed to get away without going back to my hometown. So I got on a million hour bus to Ireland, after randomly choosing a seaside town, stayed in a large shining-esque hotel (mostly reminded me of that because the hallways were quite winding and I seemed to be the only person there apart from the militant oap proprietor). It overlooked a pebbled beach, and was next to a long cliff walk. Just having some time alone, no wifi, no one I knew, a gloomy beach and fantastic pubs.. it was a few years ago I went but I'd love to feel that level of tranquillity and freedom again.
Thank you for this well thought out reply. It took me a few decades to figure out that it is not what happens to me that stresses me up it is how I react to it. If you can, find a tech free, secluded place to sit, be comfortable, and think every day for a few minutes. Another thing I do each morning during my morning devotions is to forgive everyone who pissed me off the day before. I don't forgive them for them, but for me so that I bring no baggage into the new day and can make the most of it.
And thank you for your thoughtful reply - it is really good advice. Yoga, meditation and proper hard sweat exercise never fail to put me in a better mood so I'm trying to do that more - I'm in the middle of sorting out my attic to be a studio space, so it is a bit of a chaotic room right now with tools everywhere and redocorating that needs to get done, but it is the most tech free room in the house and I am planning to make a little zen nook for myself. A punch bag could be useful too haha
I think you have an outstanding idea! Good luck with it.