When indulging cravings is helpful | Artful Balance

If meeting a craving will help me resume my goals, I believe it's helpful.

Even if it's a sugar fix in the middle of the day when i'm feeling worn (I like bubble gum), an afternoon power nap (or even a proper nap) when I feel a fatigue headache coming on, or an entire evening spent on mindlessly loitering, browsing, and going down rabbit holes on the internet when the ability to focus eludes me.

Last weekend it rained, and I felt overextended by the week before, so I gleefully indulged in four hours of Sex and the City while drinking homemade mimosas.

I deserve to work headache-, fatigue-, and burden-free whenever possible. Sometimes that means pausing for a break and a treat first, before starting to work, or even postponing work to the next day.

For those moments, hours, or days, I will not be present with my long-term goals. But when I resume them, it's with new vitality.

In the end, a helpful craving is actually signalling the legitimate need for rest and replenishment.

More than that, it teaches my mind and body that life is not about anxiously scavenging for resources, always having the upper hand, or a do-or-die mindset. I don't have to live life at a breakneck pace or frantically cover all bases to feel safe, secure, or to be effective.

I enjoy work, I enjoy security, and I enjoy results. But I must go about attaining them sustainably.

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These are my personal writings curated from material produced during my structured daily writing times as well as spontaneous thoughts I manage to record. Through organizing and uploading them i hope to learn about who I am as a voice and writer and find ways to improve my writing skills. Though I feel drawn to more cerebral topics, I would like my writing to be an engaging emotional journey none the less.

Someday I hope I figure out a way to assemble my short works into something more coherent and with a more obvious purpose. But right now, these tidbits are the best I can do.