Tuesday, December 22, 2009

stillness

yesterday, i posted about LBD - lazy butt disease, and my struggle to strike a balance between working every hour of the day to be the best i can be, and the desire to just give in and take a nap.

today, i want to talk a little bit about stillness. because i live in new york city, and i see this amongst my friends and coworkers here, everything really is always in a hurry. it's rare to find a moment where it's comfortable to just be still. it takes a lot of effort to live here. everything seems to take longer or be more complicated, but many of us live here because we want to be the best we can be. we want to prove ourselves and be at the top of the game. but what do you do when you're going so hard that you forget how to be still?

i'm looking forward to working on some personal projects over the holidays, but i'm also looking forward to taking the time to really be still. not just sitting still and zoning out in front of the tv or escaping to another world with a book or tending to my farmville garden on facebook. i'm looking forward to wrapping up in a jacket and just sitting on my mom's back porch and doing nothing.

where do you find your moments of stillness?

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