So this past weekend, I had a processing short-circuit. My mind was overloaded and I felt a deep urge to take things lightly and reflect. This week, I had a breakthrough in how I implement reflective practices in my life. I remembered that while being on the bus, our community made an effort to process every experience, moving from one experience to the next with an overall energy of completion and ready to begin a new cycle.
Since I came back, most days I spend at least some part of my day, usually in the evenings reflecting about my feelings, patterns, what took place that day. It has really become a grounding practice, a ritual in my life and I fell a huge difference when I don't do this. However, I just realized that this way of approaching reflection as a one daily event makes me move from one thing to the next without completion, and basically just catching up later. I know that usually it's a matter of time constraints, but i am now exploring ways to incorporate more processing and reflection into my daily life.
This is my new plan:
-trying to reflect after each experience
-if time is not permitting, at least taking a deep breathe to acknowledge that i am moving from one thing to another
-devote more time to journal, draw, take nature walks and lay on the ground and look at the sky, stars and the clouds
-writing everything i want to and exploring and finding creative ways to express my reflections
-engage actively with my inner self and listen mindfully
-be more open and vulnerable to verbally process things with others that are willing
-honoring my needs without feeling that i should be or process any other way that is not the best for me
-slowing down and eating super healthy foods
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