I try to write these posts from my own experience, as my hope is they’ll be relatable to many of you who read them, & help you feel less alone.
One of the things I’ve always been fascinated by, related to MH, is how it messes w how we perceive the concept of time. In its simplest form – for some of us when we’re experiencing a dip/lull/full blown crisis, time can stand still. For others, when we’re in a better flow, time can pass quickly.
But way beyond how time passes, is the perspective thru which our mind can interpret sets of events & even the entire world we live in. If we have a shift in our MH, that perspective & interpretation can literally change overnight. Let me give you my most recent example:
I’ve been sharing this road trip I’ve been on – Vegas for NHL Skills Comp, All-Star Game, then NFL Pro Bowl. On to “Radio Row” in LA to get our movement out there w some of our alliance members…attending the Super Bowl, & then back east to Indiana U for one of our Sit-Down presentations w the Hoosiers.
For the avg sports fan, this’d be a dream stretch. For me, I’d been in a lull. I’d gotten over haziness of the Holiday stretch, & as is usually my vice, I buried myself in work for all of January. “Gotta make up for lost time over the holidays & I enjoy work, so it’s ok to use this as an excuse to go nose to the grnd.”
The problem is, I went into the flight to Vegas (tho it would be networking/work which I typically enjoy), & the lens/perspective my mind “saw” the nxt 2 wks was – “a block of time I gotta get thru.” In my head it felt like me hovering over those 2wks, not being “in it” & in the moment…instead waiting for the stretch to just end bc it felt overwhelming & like a lot to do.
Then a shift happened. Mid-way thru Sunday’s Pro Bowl – I began to just practice being in the moment. I felt settled more, being on the West Coast. I was no longer “hovering over” the 2 wks. Now I saw myself IN each event…excited for each new day, 1-by-1, & what was to come.
It’s amazing how our perspective/feelings can literally SHIFT, mid-experience & hoping this helps some – stuck right now. It can change that quickly.
