Thanks! And yeah… finding balance right now feels like trying to stand on a yoga ball while juggling flaming watermelons. I want to make progress, but addiction is often just unmet needs wearing a different outfit. And one of my biggest needs is fun and socializing — which, inconveniently, don’t always show up when I’m buried in “self-improvement mode.”
A few weeks ago I decided I should devote three hours a day to growth and addiction recovery. After five days, I was basically a walking existential crisis with Wi-Fi. So now I’m trying something more realistic: seven hours a week for the practical work, and five hours for the “theoretical” stuff (audiobooks, podcasts, pretending to understand neuroscience).
Twelve hours total. And last week? Yeah… I didn’t hit the goal. But hey — at least I didn’t spontaneously combust, so that’s progress in my book.
Thanks again for the encouragement!