Stillness is the answer – going with the flow

This is what I would like to be doing right now but I’m not a daytime sleeper. If I manage to fall asleep during the day, I go so deep that I feel dreadful when I wake and right up to bedtime. So when I get up short of sleep, that is what I am stuck with for the whole day.

I’m a good sleeper when I am allowed to sleep but my professional work sometimes means I am disturbed by the phone in the night and sometimes I am out working at odd hours too. Last night the phone rang at about 1.30am. I could have dealt with the matter fairly easily but I forgot the PIN number I have to give to prove it’s me. Now, this PIN is not written down anywhere and I have had it for nine years. I know it as well as my date of birth. But last night I only remembered the first three out of five digits. I came downstairs to my office to see if I had it written down anywhere. I didn’t. I managed to fend off the calls but didn’t recapture my PIN until this morning, when it was there in my mind again, fully formed, like magic. I have stored it somewhere safe, just in case it happens again!

As you can imagine, that sort of incident in the middle of sleep time is not conducive to a lovely slumber during the remaining four hours before the alarm goes off. And then Alfie woke me at 5.45, delighted that spring had sprung and the day was looking promising.

So today I am firing on considerably fewer cylinders than usual. I have cut down my ‘to do’ list and replaced some of the more dynamic items with reading and extra meditation. I have done some sensible procrastination: tomorrow there will be an exciting event at Tranquillity HQ, as I am having a short video made, and I was supposed to be tidying up and polishing today, but I have decided to rely on the videographer’s expertise to avoid the muddle and dust and my own enthusiasm to do the essentials first thing in the morning.

And I remembered my own words in yesterday’s issue of Tranquil News which you can read here. Even when we feel tired, stressed or otherwise uncomfortable, we can still meditate once we have learned a method like Mind Calm. So I have spent some extra time in meditation which is helping me to feel as good as I can today and goes in the bank to keep stress at bay long term. If you like Tranquil News and you want to receive regular issues, you can sign up below.

So here I am today, adapting to circumstances, letting go and going with the flow, trusting that energy, focus and general zippiness will return when the time is right for me to be more productive. Is going with the flow something you find easy, or challenging? Let me know in the comments!