Doing this for so long I've definitely gone through cycles of it until I had one big bang. I've never monitored; not my thing and try to reduce screen time and any tech and move my body. Spent years rewinding "internalized productivity" - this is a work in practice forever. Last night I did nothing but make a plant pot whilst listening to Mark Knopfler. This has taken immense practice to get to! Anything "manual" usually fixes a state I'm in (which says a lot about our world).
Nowadays I keep it very simple, and ask myself these things when deciding what to take on / change / do...
Will it threaten my health
Will it threaten my values and ethics
Will it threaten my relationships
Will it threaten my creativity
If it will, I try not to take it on.
It's a (and takes a) privileged position but I think deciding your "enough", what a good week for you looks like, and what's actually important means a lot. The simpler your lifestyle is, the less money it demands, the more you can place your effort where you'd like to (friends, community, supportive partner, making healthy food, being creative etc) and not needing business to infinitely scale and grow which in turn supports your mental health.
Doing this for so long I've definitely gone through cycles of it until I had one big bang. I've never monitored; not my thing and try to reduce screen time and any tech and move my body. Spent years rewinding "internalized productivity" - this is a work in practice forever. Last night I did nothing but make a plant pot whilst listening to Mark Knopfler. This has taken immense practice to get to! Anything "manual" usually fixes a state I'm in (which says a lot about our world).
Nowadays I keep it very simple, and ask myself these things when deciding what to take on / change / do...
If it will, I try not to take it on.
It's a (and takes a) privileged position but I think deciding your "enough", what a good week for you looks like, and what's actually important means a lot. The simpler your lifestyle is, the less money it demands, the more you can place your effort where you'd like to (friends, community, supportive partner, making healthy food, being creative etc) and not needing business to infinitely scale and grow which in turn supports your mental health.
Boom -- thanks for these bullet points. I get so caught up in decision making, I some times never make it to actual action.
Checking out mindjournas today too!