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The Crazy Busy Stress Persona
Life is stressful because it is full and busy. You feel a constant sense of what is next, but you find it difficult to settle in the moment. Some people may even call you a perfectionist. You like to push yourself to the max, whether that is physical, emotional or mental. Thresholds are made to be broken, your daily tasks and schedule defy what is humanly possible. Physical jobs, traveling, chasing after kids, long hours, shift workers, full life, work hard / play hard. Life is a sprint through your choice of marathon whether that is sport, work, parenthood, caring for people, partying, business etc. You are one of those people who thrives off stress. You probably think you work better under stress and here is where it gets confusing, because even though you may complain about the stress from time to time, you secretly love it.
Tips:
Create some space to check in with yourself: observe, feel and reflect. This will either confirm the track you are on or it will give you a pivot moment where you realise that there is a different way to do things.
Make a list of everything you do and everything you are part of. Next to each thing on your list write down why you do it. If there are things that you are doing for the wrong reasons then approach them with a different intent or stop doing them all together.
Make a list of the relationships that are important in your life. Pick one or two of them from your list and ask yourself what is the deeper purpose of this relationship?Pick one or two people you care deeply for and give yourself 5 minutes to stop and be present before you engage with them. This will bring a deeper quality of interaction to each of these relationships and will be enriching for both of you.
Advancing tip:Allowing more space for moments of reflection, insight and deeper awareness is very powerful for you. This extra level of presence in each moment will mean that you are more precise in your decisions, connected to what is true for you (not on a treadmill of others making) and you won’t get as caught in other people’s mess.