Dear Cali Chica:

Good description of you rushing in nyc, real activity there. But pay attention the following: for the last couple of hours I’ve been sitting comfortably in a reclining chair, can’t get more comfortable and sedentary, nothing is happening other than me typing, and yet, I rushed a few times. The initial rushing in all your real activity, home, subway, work and so  on, the beginning of it happens in the brain, the release of those chemicals that give this rushing experience, before moving a single muscle.

“So at this moment, I am at home, sitting on my couch typing to you. What a luxury!.. comfortable.. No need to rush”- there is never a need to rush! To move quickly, yes, to work efficiently- yes, but not to rush except for a scenario of  clear and present danger such as a predator chasing you.

That calm you experience on the sofa after getting home, that doesn’t last. Soon enough (already happened?) you will feel that rush-in-the-brain, that initial rush before moving a muscle. It is an uncomfortable feeling, I don’t like it.

The momentary calm after work, it doesn’t last. There is no escape from the need to notice that initial mental rush and calm it, every time.

anita