thinking is work

Though I have the privilege of this downtime, I'm still finding it a challenge to carve out real downtime - to properly just switch off and be.

My psychologist recently reminded me that physical movement is a critical part of "treatment" for adhd, the ongoing maintenance of wellbeing.

As with many adhd peeps, I'm no good with meditation - at least not the still and silent kind. The only time I can touch that space is rowing or sometimes running. But there is one meditation I remember from back when I used to go to yoga classes that a particular teacher guided us through occasionally which was to talk us through reviewing the day we just had and all the events and interactions and visualise taking back the energy we spent on those as light. Which is pretty far on the woo side of the fence for me but somehow it worked.

Anyway where I'm going with all this is that I need to find a way to build up my physical tolerance again, and tolerance for being outside in nature because that is where I do my best thinking, and my system maintenance.

And I'm going to add it to my list of principles for how I work. Thinking is work. Moving in nature is an essential business practice.