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Perspective
Mar. 23rd, 2007 10:27 amWhen I'm stressed, as I have been for most of this year (mainly due to work-related stuff), I become more egocentric than usual, and it's a quality that annoys me a lot. When I have my head together a bit more, I notice it retrospectively, engage in more self-arse-kicking, and so the cycle continues.
(See? Heh.)
Hanging out with the CDL and the Bear and their cutest of pooches has helped with a lot of that, but I need to evolve some better stress management techniques. I also need to make some other friends in Canberra. Each time I move, it takes me longer to get out there and do it (like when I went to too many schools as a kidlet), but two years is long enough. It's not like I'm planning to move again for the foreseeable (making friends when you're going to leave again is horrible, at least for me). My gym membership kicks in this weekend (not that I'm there), and I do find that physical activity helps. The thing is to try not to finish work, go home and turn into a lump. Also, I could work harder at my tai chi.
While I'm not about "making resolutions", I need to do something, since my stress levels aren't just going to magically reduce of their own accord (certainly not on the job front). And, since I've only been talking about it for months now, time to track down a homeopath. I think I'll try and book something in with this person when I'm next in Sydney. Or this one, since she's associated with the best homeopathy school in Australasia.
The nice thing about taking a proper homeopathic remedy is that the right one suddenly makes things dealable-with. When you're in a state of pathology, it's hard to see a way out of a situation, or take the appropriate action. The right remedy is like someone shining a light through the end of the tunnel, while giving you a swift boot up the arse to propel you towards the opening. You have to get there yourself, but you suddenly remember you have the means to do it.
Right then, it's a start.
(See? Heh.)
Hanging out with the CDL and the Bear and their cutest of pooches has helped with a lot of that, but I need to evolve some better stress management techniques. I also need to make some other friends in Canberra. Each time I move, it takes me longer to get out there and do it (like when I went to too many schools as a kidlet), but two years is long enough. It's not like I'm planning to move again for the foreseeable (making friends when you're going to leave again is horrible, at least for me). My gym membership kicks in this weekend (not that I'm there), and I do find that physical activity helps. The thing is to try not to finish work, go home and turn into a lump. Also, I could work harder at my tai chi.
While I'm not about "making resolutions", I need to do something, since my stress levels aren't just going to magically reduce of their own accord (certainly not on the job front). And, since I've only been talking about it for months now, time to track down a homeopath. I think I'll try and book something in with this person when I'm next in Sydney. Or this one, since she's associated with the best homeopathy school in Australasia.
The nice thing about taking a proper homeopathic remedy is that the right one suddenly makes things dealable-with. When you're in a state of pathology, it's hard to see a way out of a situation, or take the appropriate action. The right remedy is like someone shining a light through the end of the tunnel, while giving you a swift boot up the arse to propel you towards the opening. You have to get there yourself, but you suddenly remember you have the means to do it.
Right then, it's a start.
