Contentment and happiness have nothing to do with what happens to us and around us. It’s an ‘inside’ job. We often believe that accomplishments or material gain is the road to happiness. Nothing is further from the truth.
We’ve all been there – the stress is unbearable, so you go to a stress class or wellness retreat. You take copious notes, learning all the “rules”, what you should and should not do, feeling like you cracked the code. You come home with the best intentions. All these instructions and hacks, you want to apply them perfectly, so you don’t stress anymore. You’re gonna nail this zen thing, you’re ready – bring it on!
The next time your boss chews you out, you’ll know what to do, except when he does, you don’t even notice how stressed you are until you’re at home sitting on your bed binge-watching Netflix and shoveling the second pint of Haagen Dazs down your throat. And then you remember all the stuff you learned at the retreat, and now you’re beating yourself up for not using any of it right away. So you’re stressed not just because of your crappy boss, but because you allowed yourself to get stressed, you let it get to you without using what you learned.
It doesn’t have to be that way. We understand that you need to start where you are. Micro not Macro – Keep it simple.