Noise
I realized recently that I kind of have an incessant loop in my head about what I need to be doing for my career, about what others are doing for THEIR careers that’s way cooler than what I’m doing, etc. And I thought this loop is what pushed me toward higher and higher ambitions, but I think most of it is actually just noise.
So lately this is what I have been doing to calm that noise:
literally just going, “oh this is that loop again, bye.” I used to try to “close” the loop by feeling the feeling out, but the loop keeps going forever and going, so closing it does not actually exist :D
remembering that just like I don’t know what I’m doing, others also feel they don’t know what they are doing, so no one is “right” or “wrong”
keeping a gratitude journal so I can remember what about my life, choices, and world I like specifically
talking about it in therapy
eating treats
watching only new stuff - I have been addicted to watching reruns of shows for a long time because they don’t make me think. But now I realize, I think I DO need to think, just not about what I’m CURRENTLY thinking/fixating on, if that makes sense. So I’ve been seeing a ton of movies and starting a bunch of new shows and books (I just finished Good Material and Big Swiss, and am just starting Blue Sisters… and all of them? Rock).
This is just a short list but it’s what my go-tos have been lately.
What do YOU do to block out noise?
xo,
Rekha
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