I’ll say it again: Business is not a virtue
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Busyness is not a virtue.
I refuse to be impressed by how much someone can fit into their calendar and how thin they can spread themselves as if it's a badge of honor, while I can feel the tension in them.
Many women do too much, striving for the perfect life or the most full life, doing everything for everyone, until they cannot do anything anymore because they burn out.
Women make up 79% of the people who are on sick leave due to exhaustion syndrome in Sweden (where I live).
What I have learnt in my life, is to create space for myself. Because that space is where peace, contentment, guidance and true creativity can grow.
It’s not about not being engaged in causes that mean a lot to us or not being there for others, but we can differentiate between things that we really want to do and things we say yes to out of obligation.
This energy of obligation creates negative stress and can cause resentment in relationship to other people. The contradiction here is that we will be able to show up so much more and better for others when we first show up for ourselves and our own wellbeing.
Next time you are asked, or feel compelled, to take on a new responsibility, whether professionally or personally, take time before you decide, center into yourself and ask; Is this something I really want to do or need to do?
In my course Empress of Equanimity, open for enrollment now, we will go deep into how we can retrain ourselves to prioritise our space and peace.
This course will be added to with more modules coming. It is right now at the lowest price it will ever be, but only until around 13th October! ✨ (I will let you know before it closes.)
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