Writing this post a little late, but I thought I should still write this review as my annual tradition to take stock of where I am. Reading my past posts and journal entries, I return to a snapshot of me at that time. It’s most interesting to see how events had turned out. Perhaps, I can learn to trust my instincts more too.
Am now in the midst of reading Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig. It’s interesting that I picked up Reasons to Stay Alive at the time when I felt depressed, resonated with it, and loved his writing. However, when Notes on a Nervous Planet was published in 2018, I wasn’t compelled to read it because anxiety wasn’t at the forefront of my mind. Only recently I realised that the tendency to overthink and worry excessively is not “normal” (what is normal anyway??!), recognising those as anxious feelings.
This post has some initial thoughts sparked by early chapters of the book.
Post status: Incomplete
Epistemic status: High confidence of my own experience; Mid-low confidence of everything else as I’ve not really let this sit or thoroughly edited my thoughts.
In the past week, I’ve been feeling exhausted by the end of the work day. Pace of work and levels of stress has ramped up once again. I was anticipating this before we started this current leg of the project, and was prepared to use what I’ve learned in the past few months in therapy to manage my emotions and stress levels to prevent another burnout.
Hoping to consolidate my learnings from experience in this post.
Post status: Incomplete; I’d like to revisit this again to update my thoughts
Epistemic status: High confidence of my own experience