Day 44 - A Year to Clear - Fight or Flight

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Lesson 44: Fight or Flight

When we’re pushed to the brink of our comfort zones, this pings alarms in our brain and sets off the fight or flight response. Clearing seems to trigger our fight or flight response because there are some points when you find discomfort in the tasks at hand.

Today’s lesson is to dial back our tasks or time on an activity if it triggers a stressful response. Today I am meant to do this. I didn’t really have any tasks that triggered stress on me today. The only thing I did have was someone else bothering me with a task at work, which has been ongoing for over a week and that made me frustrated, as it was going against our normal processes and it somehow became my job to do everything. I can’t even say that was stressful as it was more annoying.

I am not sure if I dialled anything back to prevent stress. It was a pretty routine day at work, I went to a meet up about self-improvement, came home, ate dinner and am here writing now. I recognise there will be stressful times but today was not one of them. I will keep this lesson in mind for future.

Day 44 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - This understanding...

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Lesson 44: This understanding...

“Lesson 44: This understanding: that you are sometimes moving forward in flow, sometimes gathering information, and sometimes you are resting for the next leg, will make your trip a lot more fun.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today I am to think about what state of movement I am in. I believe I am in a state of gathering. For me, I am trying to learn about myself, learn what brings me joy the most and learn along my spiritual journey. There is a lot of knowledge to be gained and I feel very much beginner. I know there is a lot to come this year and it will naturally flow in my life.

The other day I did a card reading and it said to be careful as I may burn out. I am trying to use up as much of my time as possible, and by doing this it means I don’t get the right amount of sleep. The problem is, my mind is most active at midnight and that’s not manageable in my 9-5 job. I have stayed up until 2am writing and it’s taxing on my mind and body. Based on today’s lesson, there will come a time when I will slow down and rest. I am really focused on going full steam ahead as I don’t want to get in a state of laziness. If I do get to a point of laziness, it means i will neglect the activities that make me happy.

I never really thought about the cycle in this way but it makes sense. You gather, it flows, you rest, like a natural state of affairs.