How is it that when I’m in one place all the time, I feel overwhelmed?
Last night I had some kind of mental breakthrough that snapped me into the reality of all the stuff I need to get on, and I was excited to do it. Instead of wandering up and down the halls, I was planning on cranking out tasks. Then I fell asleep.
Luckily I wrote things down, so I will continue to go with the “Wake up and work on stuff” approach. When I’m tired, I’ll sleep, when I’m awake, I’ll work.
The writing helps a lot, but the people told me to write stuff down, tell the story, have created a monster. I’m trying to recall old stuff and new stuff keeps happening so quickly, and there are so many things happening, I feel like I’m a week or two behind what the heck is happening. Life on the outside was never like this.
Here in the Ward, there is little more to do than notice, experience, and try to capture. Every little thing has so much potential for meaning, so much to learn from that you end up kinda overloaded on data. Data is nothing without processing, and proper presentation. Is that the geek in me? I feel like I can’t present my data until I get it really clean, and turn it into direction. But sometimes it’s best to just get it out onto the table, and let someone else get the meaning.
So I’ve taken to finding moments that I can intentionally clear my head. By doing things like ocean music, listening to waves. And sleeping. That makes a big difference. Though I did wake up at 3am today. Also decided to keep blog entries shorter, don’t need to write a lot every time, or make every entry a deep personal journey.
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