THE SOLUTION TO A DREADFUL MORNING

Summary: Let the solution come to you rather than searching so hard for it.

This morning I woke up with a certain heaviness in my head - maybe it’s the lack of air conditioning in the apartment I’m staying at or maybe it’s the fact that I’m in a different country trying to figure out my next step in life. // Wait maybe it’s the fact that I haven’t done intense exercise in like a week. Yeah it’s probably that - anyways//

“How will I make money? What the hell am I doing here in Dubai? Is it time for me to go home? Am I stupid for trying to take this new step in life?”

Hundreds of other relatively heavy thoughts run through my head, weighing me down heavier. Ok now I’m stressed in bed. It’s pitch black. Oh, just go away.

Now, this isn’t something I haven’t felt before, I’ve had much more dreadful mornings. Let’s call that dreadful². Sometimes these thoughts get so intense they paralyse me. Laying in bed for hours on end waiting to find some magical solution (a thought, a plan) to solve this unwavering headache of mine. So what can we do about it? Find out below.

Interlude: This is my first time using this feature, it's called a poetry block. So I guess I'll share a poem(?) that I've written:

There is no need to label yourself as an artist, a musician, a magician, a singer. 

You are simply doing what you want.

THE SOLUTION TO A DREADFUL MORNING

(Assuming you and I understand that getting out of bed and doing intense exercise, taking a deep breath and all that jazz are actually pretty good solutions)

What I propose doesn’t require any physical movement, you do it all in your head.

Let’s take a look again at those dreadful thoughts: (yours will be different)

“How will I make money? What the hell am I doing here in Dubai? Is it time for me to go home? Am I stupid for trying to take this new step in life?”

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When you have dreadful thoughts, follow this tutorial.

1. Acknowledge you’re having these dreadful thoughts.

2. Mentally take a step back, breathe, empty out.

3. Sit in the emptiness for a little while.

4. Start to listen - start being curious (your body/mind/the universe) is probably trying to tell you something.

5. Slowly let the thoughts come back - but in a welcoming manner rather than fighting against it. A few will come in.

6. The right thought will often arise as some sort of “gut feeling”.

7. Once you find a spark with a thought² - connect with it and acknowledge it.

8. Get up and slowly start taking action on that thought.

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Ok let’s call it a thought² for the sake of identifying it as a deeper and more positive thought for me and you.

This morning, the thought² that I had was:

“Yesterday, you made a plan for my next steps in life, you committed to creation, so go create. Right now I’d like to write an substack article on how to overcome dread”

I felt a gut connection to this thought - I believed that it was a positive thought for me - it gave me some sort of peace. I thought to myself “I should go take action on this”.

So I did.

And here we are at the end of the article. I no longer feel dreadful.

Maybe this will tutorial will work for you too. Please let me know if it does!

Thanks for spending your time reading this.

Fash

LiveLife²