Dear Anita,

Good morning to you too!

Less time, less effort, less exertion if we relax into it

To me this also sounds like, accepting the situation as is – seeing what is in front of you with clarity.  The person at the buffet looks around and sees all the entrees clearly, and looks inward at her desires and cravings clearly – she KNOWS where she stands

Yes, I think I have used the term baseline anxiety, and recently I think of it more like this: anxiety that is there in the background, but sometimes it comes to the forefront, and sometimes it stays in the back.

This can be due to a variety of factors including, hormones, diet, weather, they way I slept, or simply just because.  I am doing a better job about not always trying to pinpoint – WHY.

I find myself when I am having a particularly bad day, looking back at what did I DO – oh I shouldn’t have had that second glass of wine. Oh I shouldn’t have stayed up to watch that TV show, I shouldn’t have answered that text so late – I shouldn’t have this or that.

All of it is true – good habits, keeping tabs on what works and doesn’t work (clearly more sleep, and relaxation are the way to go).  BUT, constantly keeping tabs on this does take away on living in the now, it is negative self talk focused on what I did wrong, yesterday, or a few hours ago – but I can not undo it.  So what can I do now? I find that this critical nature did work over the last year for big movements, cutting people out, making large changes – but perhaps I can be a little less critical of myself now – now that I am on the path I can teeter totter some..

I have my own barometer for what works and doesn’t.  Perhaps it is important to listen to it, without analyzing why I became imbalanced, accept it, and get back on track