The defining feature of anxiety is a signal of impending catastrophe devoid of the specifics of what might bring about such catastrophe. The signal warns that something is about to go (or might just go catastrophically) wrong but withholds what that something might be. It compounds the sense of responsibility by saying "there are things you ought to do to fix your problems" without delivering what those things are.
Inaction tends to arise as an effect of anxiety, accompanied by the agony of witnessing yourself do nothing.
What this does is create space for a reset, for renewed engagement with a truer form of responsibility. So that, within that space a guiding of yourself to eventual recovery can happen.
It seems obvious to the clear-eyed that if the path to doing something remains unclear, nothing happens. But, under the influence of anxiety, this obviousness can remain obscure. And what follows is a weighted sense of responsbility blind to how responsibility might be dispensed.
The solution is to cast aside the contaminated sense of responsibility — that is, to rest.
What this does is create space for a reset, for renewed engagement with a truer form of responsibility. So that, within that space a guiding of yourself to eventual recovery can happen.
Many herald the importance of focus, but far fewer speak of the importance of breaks. Yet in the same way water and food nourish the body, taking breaks is essential to sustaining focus.
So, keep in mind and in your productivity systems to take breaks.
Rest. Reset. Recover.
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