Slowing down to Breathe
I took a month and a half break from constant writing and pushing out youtube videos. I needed to live a littlemand thankfully, I have some wonderful people around me that I didn't even realize I had in my life. They support and love me no matter what I am doing.
It’s surprising how hard times can seem. We can either see it as that hard or just something to learn from. We all deal with life differently,, and that's ok. I have a friend who has southern roots,, but she is naturally kind. I didn't see her for what she truly was until I slowed down and took the time to get to know her more. She made that same choice as me to get to know me more just by spending time together. It feels good to slow down.
It started one night when I came back from shift to do paperwork,, and I could feel something was wrong,, but I didn't know what. I knew who but I didn't know what was wrong. So after an all-staff meeting, I clocked out and stayed,, and we talked. She was the first person I fully opened up to at work,, and she gradually opened up to me that night. She was dealing with what a lot people have been dealing with during this pandemic which is deepression and more. I was at the time dealing with letting go and starting completely new which felt like the end of the world I was also sad and going through some of the same feelings and emotions she was. It was a long night but it was worth it. So our friendship bloomed from there with our first ever hike together.
You can really breathe. That's why I added that in the title,,, my grades started becoming better in my music production class even with struggles here and there with test-taking. Things just became clearer where it once was not.
Like for example,, who to trust and who not to trust is an important life lesson that tends to be constant.
Taking the next steps into breathing
This is the point in time we did our first meeting on a hike at red rocks amplitheater in the cold. (We both didn't know it was going to be so cold) The warmth came from getting to know each other at a deeper level. There wasn;t anything we didn't talk about. It was open and honest every step of the way.
It was a steep walk to the top with the stairs we both hadn't been out in a while with social distancing. Life had welcomed us with a opportunity which pre-pendemic we never really talked or hung out we just worked together. This atmosphere and the feeling of just being was peaceful we talked endlessly. Even when it was time to head back we continued to talk at our cars until we couldn't anymore. We both had work to do that day with this good friend it was her job and with me it was all things books and my self-owned buisness.
We met again but this time it was during the worst snow storm in colorado in a while but we stayed and eat at a wonderful resteruant in boulder. We again talked my favorite was about love language what our’s were I never had that conversation with someone before it was so open and free. We lost track of time and we came out from this resteruant a couple inches had covered the roads and visibility wasn't there at all. We both left and text each when we got home safely.
The moral of this story is it is safe to breathe and have a day wether its to yourself or with a friend or someone you love or are close too. So, burnout dsont happen give yourself at least a day if not more to breathe.
