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Kathy Wu Brady's avatar

Another brilliant post, Sabrina -- thank you!

As a person with "busy-bee" tendencies, I know that my hyper-achiever saboteur is often at play. I work to avoid feeling the fear of unworthiness. Once I delved deeper to understand this and rewire my thinking to see myself as valuable simply for existing, it became much easier to break the busyness pattern.

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Sabrina Ahmed's avatar

Thanks Kathy. Such a great real life example that we can unwind these patterns we get into with focused effort in the right places.

I'm so glad you've been able to challenge this tendency to create the life you have!

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Thérèse Ralston's avatar

Spirits rise

Moods fall

Work is hard

But it's not all

Friends flower

Trees grow tall

Home is a haven

Not an office wall

Allow for more rest

Walk, play, and have a ball

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Sabrina Ahmed's avatar

This is awesome Therese 💜☀️

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Thérèse Ralston's avatar

Thank you, your posts have become so superb. You are so organised, and I love the take aways at the end. Everything is set out beautifully, you are such an inspiration to messy ones like me.

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Janice | Travel & Photography's avatar

Really enjoyed this piece, I agree that sometimes we move index in being busy as a measure of productivity but resting and slowing down actually makes us more productive!

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Thérèse Ralston's avatar

I had 8 hours sleep for the first time in ages last night. I feel terrific and had a more productive day. I just wrote two poems. It seems I'm too happy to write normally, I keep breaking into lyricism. Resting more lets you do more.

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Sabrina Ahmed's avatar

Ah that's the dream! It's amazing how much a good sleep impacts our mood, energy, and spirit. Go with the lyricism vibes! I wish I could write poetry ☀️

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Sabrina Ahmed's avatar

Thanks Janice. And that's the paradox we forget isn't it? We get more done when we slow down and focus on what needs to get done vs what we think needs to get done!

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Natacha Pierre, MD's avatar

Amazing post. I wholeheartedly agree with it and I have been actively living in pause myself. I’m working on the “completely guild free” aspect of it. But it’s a huge milestone for a high achiever busy bee. Thank you for the reminder.

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Thérèse Ralston's avatar

Living guilt free sounds like a terrific non-quilty pleasure.

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Sabrina Ahmed's avatar

Thanks Natacha! This is so good to hear and a big milestone. How have you kept on track when the urge to get busy creeps in? I find that balance needs reminders.

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