Feeling Guilty About Slowing Down - What I Do

'I need to slow down' - easier said than done.
If you're anything like me, you may struggle with feeling guilty or stressed by slowing down. There is so much to attend to for many of us.

In this video, I share what helps me when working with this tension and allows me to take the rest that I need.

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Much Love,
Felix

Transcript

Today, I was recognised for the first time. I was by the river and there was someone sitting on a bench and they looked at me and they said, Are you that guy that wrote that sloth song? They hadn't even seen the t-shirt, I was wearing a shirt over it. I said, Yeah, That was me. He said, Wow, Well, I really agree with everything he said in that song. This isn't about me getting recognized. The question they asked me was. . . You know, Sloth life. Being slaver embracing the way of the sloth. They're so well and good, But. . . Today I have a day off. And I feel guilty. By not moving faster. There's so much I could be doing. So what do I do? And I feel guilty about that. I'm not moving fast enough. The three main points. So the question I asked her. . . If today wasn't a slower day. Would you be able to have the capacity on the more active days to do what you need to do. And they said, Hmm. Probably not. So there's the recognition that in order to be active you need rest, You need slowness. We're gonna burn out if we're always. . . We are seeing a lot of burnout in the world. Number two. What is that voice inside of us? That is getting us to. . . Keep going, Keep being productive. Productive enough. What is it actually saying? So inquiring within. Recording this video. Voice was saying. Quick, I need to sit down. I felt some Russian-ness before recording this, Which was ironic. Saying quick I need to sit down and record it before I forget about this idea, Before I forget about what I wanted to say. Because of the ADHD. That I probably have. There's just that urgency of like quick. . . And the quote-unquote solution for that is just knowledge about. Checking the time and being like, Okay. I'm going to sit down. It's not going to take that long. Then we'll still have time to do everything else. We're definitely going to sit down and record this. In a few minutes. It's not going to take that long. I'll remember to do this. And then letting the system settle. Number three, Because I said three points, Is zero. Whose voice is it? So this was quite clearly my voice. But it could also be linked or interlinked to a computer. What other people have said to me, What society tells me. Who I think I should be. So that I'm accepted, Loved, Like I belong. So just inquiring where is that Russianness coming from? What is the motivation? What am I trying to achieve? Move away from. What am I scared would happen? If I wasn't. Quick enough if I wasn't capable enough, Right? And it might be something. . . Within you, Or maybe something that's been placed within you, Maybe from a parent. Society as a whole. You can choose if that is a belief or not. That is of value. Way of being that you want to keep. Upholding. Because ultimately. . . The way of the sloth. Or let's just say slowing down. Can go from just taking a breath, Instead of holding your breath or barely breathing. You know, Just taking a slower, Fuller breath. Looking around. Instead of not doing that, It can be that simple. I can be slowing down. You don't need a full day. Or it can be. . . Take him A bit of a break. It's up to you. So hopefully that's helpful for you. Things to get curious about when it comes to slowing down, Feeling guilty around that and what place that is coming from.

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This was very helpful. I do have a tendency to have some guilt when I slow down. I do need to acknowledge where that feeling is coming from. Thanks!