Lovely! I love how you compare it with driving. And having most of my life in my head, the breathe and dropping in the body hit straight to me since that helped me calm the freak down!
Hi Tamy you seemed to connect with my short 'poem' 'lost in thought' & directed me here for my thoughts on this essay of yours. I don't suffer from this kind of overwhelming thinking although I am not without my self imposed anxieties especially while driving. For me being lost in thought is a state of divine relaxation. I've always connected that cliche 'lost in thought' with this feeling. I don't want to come across as being above it all in relation to the things you point out here they are definitely some things that I have experienced. I have also experienced starting at age 50 being comfortable in my own skin more than ever so that's a plus. From your bio it's obvious your career took more ambition exertion than mine did as a young man in the blue collar trades who went on to having his own garden business. That and not defining myself early on by how much money I made. Also being a musician and a lover of good literature right from my early twenties I was more influenced by the ethics of a Bohemian lifestyle combined with a good worth ethic it has served me well. I was never in the rat race other people spoke about this isn't some sort of boast it's just how things turned out for me. Being single in my twenties and thirties without kids helped me live this sort of self-indulgent lifestyle. That last statement is self-deferential and what I mean by it is. If I would have had children in my twenties then I would have had to define myself by how much money I made cuz it all comes down to that if you want to be a responsible provider. I'll just tired this all up by saying because of this I escaped some of the anxieties you point out here.
THanks for connecting, Mitchell, and offering your personal share here. I enjoy knowing of your life experience and so happy to know that ‘lost in thoughts’ offers a divine relaxation for you, in contrast to mostly everyone I meet and work with as a Soul Surgeon HAHA
Hope you are able to spread your Zen wherever you go, and looking forward to reading your poems more deeply 🥰🙏
This is such a powerful perspective, Tamy! I love the analogy of overthinking being like driving under the influence—it really resonates. Thank you for these mindful tools!
Lovely! I love how you compare it with driving. And having most of my life in my head, the breathe and dropping in the body hit straight to me since that helped me calm the freak down!
THanks for reading, Janki. Breathwork is medicine. Glad you found it. 🥰✨🙏
Hi Tamy you seemed to connect with my short 'poem' 'lost in thought' & directed me here for my thoughts on this essay of yours. I don't suffer from this kind of overwhelming thinking although I am not without my self imposed anxieties especially while driving. For me being lost in thought is a state of divine relaxation. I've always connected that cliche 'lost in thought' with this feeling. I don't want to come across as being above it all in relation to the things you point out here they are definitely some things that I have experienced. I have also experienced starting at age 50 being comfortable in my own skin more than ever so that's a plus. From your bio it's obvious your career took more ambition exertion than mine did as a young man in the blue collar trades who went on to having his own garden business. That and not defining myself early on by how much money I made. Also being a musician and a lover of good literature right from my early twenties I was more influenced by the ethics of a Bohemian lifestyle combined with a good worth ethic it has served me well. I was never in the rat race other people spoke about this isn't some sort of boast it's just how things turned out for me. Being single in my twenties and thirties without kids helped me live this sort of self-indulgent lifestyle. That last statement is self-deferential and what I mean by it is. If I would have had children in my twenties then I would have had to define myself by how much money I made cuz it all comes down to that if you want to be a responsible provider. I'll just tired this all up by saying because of this I escaped some of the anxieties you point out here.
THanks for connecting, Mitchell, and offering your personal share here. I enjoy knowing of your life experience and so happy to know that ‘lost in thoughts’ offers a divine relaxation for you, in contrast to mostly everyone I meet and work with as a Soul Surgeon HAHA
Hope you are able to spread your Zen wherever you go, and looking forward to reading your poems more deeply 🥰🙏
You're welcome Tamy a pleasure interacting with you.
Likewise🙏✨
Can relate! I'm posting tomorrow about this - the fear that keeps us in overthinking mode. The exit signs and breath sobriety is a nice analogy too 😂
Thanks. Looking forward to reading it.
This is such a powerful perspective, Tamy! I love the analogy of overthinking being like driving under the influence—it really resonates. Thank you for these mindful tools!
Thanks for reading, receiving, and reflecting, Sikieng 💗✨🙏
As a recovering over thinker with a mercurial mind I can totally relate. Great article. Thx! 🙏🏻
Thanks for reading & reflecting back, @Tracy Wright Corvo . I’m right there with you😊
Love the analogy!
Thanks Vas💗