take a walk.

The other day, I realized I needed something from the grocery store that our Baby Kroger doesn’t stock. Which meant I would have to get in the car and go to a further off store to get it. But why not walk? My mind screamed “YOU DON’T HAVE TIME!”

What? Instead of a 30 minute trip in the car, it would be an hour long trip by foot. I would be able to reach my 10K daily steps without resorting to pacing around the house or other ridiculous things I do to get in my steps. And, I HAVE TIME. I’ve struggled with my simplifying all year in order to make time. Make time for what? WALKING. So I don’t have time to walk because I need to walk? What nonsense.

Now that I have managed to carve out more bits of time for myself, I find I am constantly needing to remind myself that I “do have time for this”. I’ve lived in a state of panic for so long that I continue to live in it, even now that I don’t need to. I need to train my mind to slow down and not freak out when I have to get something done. I have time. I can tackle whatever it is at a sane pace, not the pace I’ve been going at for so long.

sunrise – 19 dec 2014