Filed under: From Exhaustion to Energy
I want to build a house of straw, a cosy, warm, peaceful comfortable simple, house of straw. I want to live the simple life; collect rainwater, harness the warmth of the sun, grow my own vegetables, bake my own bread and eat homemade soup……WAIT, STOP… What’s going on?? What’s got into me? What’s this Three Little Pigs mimicry all about?? I know I’m a country girl at heart but I have a champagne and shoe indulgence like the best of them. So why my yearning to live like a bunch of fairy tale characters?
Could it be that I’m suffering from hamster wheel syndrome? You know, when life feels like it’s on a speeding treadmill, where you wake on a Monday morning and run faster and faster chasing deadlines, commitments, “should do” tasks, emails and phone calls.
Yes I feel tired, all I want to eat is chocolate biscuits and I’m waking up at night with lists in my head. Frankly I’m fed up with chasing my tail and dancing to other people’s tune.
So is my straw fixation purely as a result of 21st century overload, where the simple life I crave is a result of chasing the Joneses but never quite reaching them. The simple life, to flow with life and ENJOY it rather than battle against it feeling like an exhausted furry rodent.
Having said all that will the drastic step of ordering 20,000 straw bales solve my problem? It feels like it will but I know from experience that the “I’ll be happy/relaxed/thin/fat when…..” thing doesn’t work and where ever you go your troubles always come with you.
What I could do with is “straw space” in my head so that I can live the simple life without leaving my armchair.
The simple life to feel relaxed and cope without pressure
The simple life where I’m not tired all the time.
The simple life where I can nourish myself with real food
The simple life so that I can take notice of what’s going on around me
The simple life to exercise without pressure, guilt or pain.
The simple life to enjoy time with my friends and family
To simple life to just be…..Me.
From Exhaustion to Energy……….join me as I found out how. I will share my findings with you on my blog and via this monthly email.
Join the campaign to go back to basics and feel alive, calm and revitalised.
Jo
PS My husband is very relieved that I don’t need to build an actual straw house…….. he ‘s afraid of the big bad wolf!
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