Busy women have a very long list of Things I Must Do.
At any given time, that list probably has about 2,864 items on it, and because we have full minds, it’s a real struggle to be mindful.
We’re continuously adding to the list, shuffling the priorities around and mentally scanning the environment for other Important Things to take care of. Which means we are not in the present. Instead, part of our brain is off in the future, scheduling learn at home actitivies, planning meals, composing drafts of emails.
If we are busy people pleasers (join my club!), we are also Olympic level athletes when it comes to putting our needs last, but we cannot take care of other people if we don’t take care of ourselves first.
Mahatma Gandhi, when busy trying to stop Hindus and Muslims from slaughtering one another, meditated for an hour twice daily. At the start of one especially busy day, Gandhi said, “I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.“
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