Resolution

I am not one to typically set New Years resolutions, but this year I have established one. 

To slow down. 

It's simple. 

I have incurred so much superfluous anxiety during this past year or so.  I think, most of it my own doing. 

I have tried to identify causes. 

But I think I may have discovered one instigator that I may be able to eliminate. 

Despite being incredibly passive by nature, it has occurred to me that I do everything rapidly. I walk quickly, eat quickly (seriously, I've been often accused of swallowing my food prior to chewing).  

I speak at a rate at which my mind rarely keeps pace. 

This constant state of high-speed no doubt has added to the edginess I have so often experienced during the past year.  Or longer. 

So, since the 1st, I have taken time throughout each day to recall the phrase, "slow down."  And I do.  Whatever I am doing at that given moment, I do a bit more deliberately. 

And I think it is working.  

Are my problems solved?  Lol.  Of course not.  

But this minimal change seems to be producing an outsized amount of comfort.