I Cry A Lot But I Am So Productive
It's an art...
Somebody please explain how it’s May next week when I still accidentally write “2023” on everything and haven't emotionally processed 2020. Like, is this time travel? Am I in a simulation?
I feel like I just blinked and somehow missed March entirely—was I there? Did I participate? Unclear. At this pace, I'm fully expecting to wake up tomorrow and find a pumpkin spice latte in my hand and Mariah Carey defrosting in the distance.
I was just talking to my brother this week about how time feels like it’s moving at 1.5x speed lately. We came across an article that said time feels slower when you’re a kid because you’re constantly doing new things. As an adult, it’s all routine—coffee, work, dinner, spiral—so the days blur together.
So I guess what I’m saying is: should I try pottery or spontaneously adopt a goat? Asking for my sense of time.
That feels too late.
Can’t stop thinking about this reel I saved. Linking it here, and sharing the text below:
“Two things I wish I knew in my 20’s. 1) I wish someone had told me about the value of rest. 2) I wish someone had told me about the difference between resting and recharging.
I’m going to use a bathtub as an example. Let’s just say that the energy that you have to do life, to adult, is the equivalent of a certain level of water in a bathtub. If you want more water in your bathtub, you’ve gotta do two things. One, plug the drain, aka pause doing things that require energy, aka resting. And two, you need to add more water, aka recharging, aka doing things that nourish your soul, that make you feel alive, that make you feel like.a brand new person.
And that is the reason why sometimes you’ll take a break, you’ll have a weekend where you do just about nothing, which is amazing, but you’re like why am I still so exhausted? That’s because you haven’t really done anything to replenish yourself, to replenish your energy, to replenish the bath water.
So think about it. What brings you energy? What nourishes your soul? Do you need to go on a hike? Or Facetime your bestie? Do you need to create art? Whatever it is, go do more of that and notice how much better you feel.”
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The Stolen Girl: This is a psychological thriller on Hulu. A little girl is abducted after a sleepover. Only two episodes have been released so far but enjoying it.
Dr. Tracey Marks: She was on Mel Robbins Podcast talking about anxiety and ADHD, it was so interesting!
If you read anything today, let it be this—especially the last paragraph.