Evidently I didn’t explain myself very well, I rushed that post a bit as I was trying to get it of the door so I could do some living.

I know you know that I totally get that work should facilitate living and not be the driver for life so I won’t justify myself on that count. 

However, I have these problems:

1) I find it really hard to relax, I need to be on the go constantly. We’re pretty sure medically why that is, I’ve some imbalance somewhere and it’s an actual thing
2) I do not feel happy or content unless I feel that I am working on projects, doing *stuff* that feels in some way to be moving me forwards. (how one defines forward is a whole separate conversation)

So, I have a default tendency to focus more on the ‘getting on’ bit than some of the more important things unless I remind myself that those other things are indeed more important and I should chill the *beep* out.

Therefore, for me with the slightly broken brain as ridiculous as it might sound I actually need to remind myself sometimes to do all this other meta life stuff. 

Having life stuff as mini projects, really helps me keep stuff in perspective and ensures they don’t get sidelined.

I already know this. I have a relatively good productivity system that helps me keep things in perspective, the point of that post was that the ‘life as a side project’ was a catchy term that encapsulates a lot of my thinking.

I’m just popping off to mediate now, oh hang on that clashes with cleaning the chickens out, I’d best re-send the calendar invite.