Flow With Life

Over the past few days, I’ve felt a restless urge of always having to progress or do something. It edges the feeling as if there’s something wrong with me, why am I not as ambitious or driven like the past 2 months? Have I slowed down? Have I given up? Then it dawned upon me, there will be days where there are no winds for weeks. Whereas, there will be days where it’s going to be a hurricane, storms, and it’ll wreak havoc.

Quiet Times Invites Introspection

In these subtle moments of weakness, invites a period of reflection and introspection. Imagine what it would look like to reflect and do some internal work when it’s a storm outside? I’d be a nightmare, attempting to daydream, reflect on the past few weeks about its progression, meanwhile, a storm is tearing a village apart.

As I am writing this, it’s easy to reflect back on the past few days, but during those times, it felt heavy. It felt as if I fell off the track, unsure whether I am on the right track anymore. Felt as if I was sinking, and at some point, it’ll jolt me back up alive realizing I’m slowly running out of air. Which brings me to this post, I am slowly catching onto that im sinking and are about to reach for some air.

The Moment Before Execution

Becoming familiar with these phases of life allows a solid foundation to operate from, I totally forgot about these phases of life as I was so busy executing all the time. One cannot row a boat for an infinite amount of time, rest is equally necessary to execution. Like any trees, they cannot grow externally all year around, it has to shed their leaves, and store its energy internally over the winter in order to bloom when spring comes.

This begs the question, when are the moments of reflection and when are the moments before execution? This requires further observation to solidify the pattern; however, I’ve come to notice, at every full moon is the peak of emotional outburst, and after every full moon comes the phase of introspection. Just like any climax, it has to come down at some point, the full moon is the climax, and afterward is the cool down phase.

If this theory holds true, the action phase is at the “new moon,” when it’s gone because that’s when things are built. It is when the full moon comes alive when the things that’s been built to be in the spotlight. But, further observation has to be done.

The Planned Execution

Without reflecting and careful planning, each cycle are most likely going to repeat itself due to the nature of habits. If what I am doing right now does not change on the next cycle, im bound to do the exact same thing. It is then important to hold note as to what has been done, and what is ought to be done on the next iteration.

For instance, if my progress in the gym for the past few months has been the exact same, if I dont ought to change anything to my steps, im bound to repeat the same actions on the next cycle. However, if I take note of what have happened, and how it is going through reflection, I can now take additional steps to change the course of my path.

Moving forward as the moon waxes off, it is the time where things begins to settle for new grounds to be made. When the new moon forms, it is time to begin the execution phase and see how it follows suit to the new moon.

Until next time friends, take care <3