[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Three]

How do you conquer it? Or embrace it? Or…?
There are several books that talk about it, but one full on talks about it as a massive dragon and you are the knight and it’s time to do battle, and that’s Do The Work by Steven Pressfield and as much as this book kicks ass and I do love me some dragon analogies, I’m still having trouble applying the tenants as concrete actions.
But first the news:
- Reopen cafe terraces, MPs and Amsterdam’s mayor urge ministers
- Nearly 50K more Covid vaccines administered; Infection average rises again
- Quarter of the population downloaded CoronaMelder
While resistance seems to manifest for different people in different ways, for me it’s a joy foreboding / success sabotage thing.
If I’m doing well / am happy / am successful / haven’t had problems for a bit / relax, my brain says something along the lines of, “Ah, this won’t last” which is, yes, partially true – all good things come to an end. As do bad things. Everything is temporary. But there’s a part of me that won’t simply embrace the happiness.
Similarly, or maybe because of this, I seem to consciously or unconsciously sabotage those periods of time. My perspective or priorities will shift such that unimportant things or details will become the END OF THE WORLD and because I’ve been content, I won’t be doing self care as consistently or at all, and I’ll get sick.
This is what I’ve been working on, off and on, for the past few months.
Mostly passively, but now that I’m in a content / happy / expanding place, I’m actively facing it head on – how do I embrace happiness and success?
How do I expand into the universe instead of wait for the next disaster to strike?
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