While you read, watch and listen to Ingrid Michaleson perform the words in italics live and let her convince you that literally just breathing is okay.
the intersection of the moment when you realize how incredibly exhausted you are from the schedule you've managed to maintain for yourself that you know you just need to sleep for days and remind yourself to inhale and exhale and the moment when your mind won't stop racing with a to-do list so lengthy that it adds to the overwhelming exhaustion filling your body. at this intersection, you can do nothing except continue to swim in circles with your thoughts as you physically can do nothing except THINK about all the things you SHOULD be doing but you're not. well, that's where i am at.
this time the intersection happens to be at the bottom of an incredible high of amazingness. now that's over and it's back to this and time to kick my ass in gear. this is the ultimate realization- sitting in my empty house staring at my to-do list that the last phase is OVER and it's time to prepare for the new phase.
the storm is coming, but i don't mind.
all that i know is that i am breathing. all i can do is keep breathing.
all we can do is keep breathing now.
so i'm going to pour myself a glass of wine.
anticipate my wake up call at 9:15 in the morning and tackle that to do list tomorrow.
i want to change the world, instead i sleep.
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