18 Aug 2014

My Apologies

It's harder to keep centered when life gets turned upside-down.
I dropped off the blogging charts and in the world of blogging this is a serious no-no but I needed to simplify my life and obligations, so this writing project was set to the back burner for a time.

I would have liked to notify my readers that I was taking a break but until now I haven't even been able to open my blog to muster up the words to say that I can't be here. Really, in the scale of bad things to happen, the fall-out from my blogging absenteeism is small.

Sometimes life calls for simplification, and in my time of requiring recuperation I fortunately had the ability and choice to weed out some of the less essential activities that I participate in in order to create some ease in my life.

We all experience times in our lives when stress levels soar, sometimes due to self-inflicted sources, other times due to unforeseen circumstances. Being able to take an objective look at your life,  to pick and choose what things are modifiable sources of stress-load is an important ability. I would like to think of my decision to take time-out as an example of me modelling the behavior I hope to see in our society.

I hope that the take-home from this post is that it is okay to let go for a while. If you feel like you need permission, here it is: go ahead, take a break. If you can, be forthcoming and let people affected by your choices know what's up, but give yourself some slack. Sometimes we all need time to just turn off.

I needed this time to myself to refill my coffers with ideas and energy. Contemplation, time with my loved ones, and some time away helped me regain my strength. And oh, how the ideas are bountiful once again! If you noticed my absence, thank you for your patience.

In my work, I see a lot of people with high stress levels who seek massage therapy as one of the tools to help them manage. Stress manifests in many levels as dysfunction in the body, and massage can aid your ability to manage this thanks to your body's release of endorphins during and after a treatment. On that note, I think it's time for me to book myself a massage.

Keepin' it real,
Dana