“He who spends time regretting the past, loses the present and risks the future.”
Quevedo
As someone who spends his days accomplishing lots of stuff, I am perplexed at how much energy it is taking to get done so much less than I normally do.
During more normal times, I am up by 6,out the door before 7 and my day doesn't quiet down until well into Jeopardy if I a lucky ,more like late into Wheel of Fortune!
In that almost 14 hours , I have made multiple bus runs, shopped, prepared lunches and dinners,as well as having handled all sorts of email and phone conversations dealing with any and all of the projects I have on my plate at that time.
In the midst of all of this activity, I find myself capable of extraordinary amounts of creativity as well.
I will be dealing with any one of a number of tasks when all of a sudden,whammo!, a flash of creative brilliance pops into my head. Before long I have a new seed planted. And we all know that once you plant a seed,it's a simple matter of farming,water, fertilize and sunlight!
(Yes Mike Bloomberg, it is just that simple!).
Nowadays,I find that just about everything takes great effort.
Life has slowed to a snail's pace.
While I don't have a scale or chart to measure these things, it just feels like I am accomplishing less while expending more energy.
My mornings are starting well after 8 on days when I am not driving.
Moving from task to task, is a monumental effort.
And the river of creativity that normally swells coinciding with the energy I am putting out has slowed to a barely trickling stream.
My fear is what happens when life returns to normal?
Will I be able to flip some sort of internal switch and get back up to speed?
What if I can't?
What if I don't?
What happens then?
Scary stuff!
I don't want to dwell on this so I am choosing not to.
Still, one has to wonder......?
Here's today's Song of the Day:
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