There are a lot of things I’m not good at. I can’t throw a ball to save my life. I have a heck of a time balancing a checkbook. I get stage fright in front of big crowds. If I were a superhero, Rama and I joke, one of my weaknesses would be that I am too nice. I don’t know how to say “No.”<\/p>\n
This year, however, one of my unwritten resolutions has been to find my limit and stick with it. To take, as well as give. To slow down.<\/p>\n
But somehow, as another year’s end approaches, when the resolutions are a faraway memory, I am forgetting it all. I am trying to do way too much, and it’s making my head spin. My project list is longer than its ever been, and the deadlines are approaching before I can blink twice.<\/p>\n
Part of me thinks this way is the only way. Life is short,<\/i> a voice in my head says, and you better do all that you can while you can.<\/i> But another voice laughs and retorts, Don’t forget to slow down and enjoy the ride. Life is short.<\/i><\/p>\n
I want to learn how to slow down.
\nI want to learn the difference between challenging myself and driving myself mad.
\nI want to spend a day without a list of deadlines and to-do’s.
\nI want to say–rather, shout<\/i> out loud–No!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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