Inaction is a slow death

This morning is a uneventful morning, but sometimes those are the ones where you seems to push past some of those niggly things which you have been putting off of doing but is always in the back of your mind, at the end of the day where you go “damn it, I forgot to do xyz” then proceed to chill, watch netflix, doom scroll on your phone and repeat this for days on end. 

I just watched this great youtube video by Better Ideas exactly about this, weird how sometimes you’re going through something and those scary algorithms know exactly what you’re thinking. 

The video is called “Inaction is a slow death”, it’s subtly motivating but also sort of horrifying, personally because I feel like I’m generally an inactive, person, I’ll procrastinate over tasks, things to do, usually until the last minute. 

I’ve really felt like this sense of stagnation for years, compounded by COVID, the loss of travel which is a main income in winter where I live in the mountains of Myoko in Japan. 

It was actually pretty simple, it was being too comfortable on taking inaction, that the lack of action was making me mentally, physically uncomfortable. 

Yet from an outsider’s perspective, you may not be viewed the way that you view yourself. 

I’m half french, a firm believer in resting, in France, the month of August is a month long summer holiday (for people who work outside of tourism). Rest is something which I know is good, which I can do, but I always can’t help to feel a little guilty about. 

It’s a fine balance between resting, yet also taking consistent small actions, not in a competitive bro way, but in a I trust myself, I can do this, I can hard things and I shouldn’t let my overthinking take me out of doing this. 

I am currently procrastinating on doing a workout as I write this about “taking action”, I’ve also watched a few youtube videos but as soon as this is written and schedule I’m promising myself I’ll work out.

So I’m sharing this with you this week to uplift you if you’ve also been feeling a little stuck. 

If you’d like to move and do some yoga, this week’s video, is a short and strong yoga practice.

On the theme of Self responsibility, yoga to get grounded in your own life choices now. Based on last week’s video conversation topic of “In between adulthood and motherhood. That strange in between in your 30’s”.

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I hope that you’ve had a lovely Sunday.

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