Today, help me focus on a peaceful pace rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. Help me let go of my need to be anxious, upset, and harried. Help me replace it with a need to be at peace and in harmony.

The Language of Letting Go

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Life is in such a rush to run away from us, isn’t it? As I wrote in my diary this morning, I realised how quickly the year has gone by – a quarter over already! I have certainly enjoyed myself so far, but as I reflected back on March, I realised how much I accomplished (and celebrated! yay :)) but more so, how I looked at everything as a “tick off the list” exercise, rather than truly enjoying and savouring each experience. Things became a “had-to” rather than a “get-to”. *cringe*.

I suppose my main issues are:

  1. My attitude
  2. Being present

With that in mind, my new habits will be:

  1. I shall approach tasks differently – As it’s my narrative that things are simply items to be checked off, rather than (for the most part) enjoyable things that I like to do. If I see myself slipping back into my old ways of busying myself with small tasks to accumulate more ‘ticks’, I will interrupt myself and re-prioritise.
  2. I shall be more attentive and present in the moment – Being a perpetual daydreamer with a very very very short attention span, I find myself flittering in and out of my dream world numerous times a day. I shall be more mindful of when this happens and bring my attention back to the present moment.

Hopefully, April will be a month of ~2592000 savoured moments. Including the moments when I’m cleaning *yuck*.