Remedy - City Park

This song makes me pause and take a deep breath. The kind of deep breath you don’t realized you need until you take it. The kind of breath that restores something you didn’t know what damaged.

I was listening to an episode of the ‘Exapanded’ podcast today and this woman talked about feel like more of an introvert after she started doing the hosts workshops.

I completely got what she was saying. I’m definitely valuing alone time more than I ever have.

When I was staying in Paris, I noticed how much quiet moments are a part of my life now. I was always non-stop before. And when my dad died, everything stopped. And I learned to be okay it. I was okay with being forced to not move. Forced to sit still. Forced to look around and pay attention to my life. Forced to pause and take a deep breath.

For the most part, I’m back to my old speed again. But now between every sprint, there’s a break. A moment where I stop to see where I am, think about what got me there, and where I want to go.

I never realized how important it is to have those moments. I never realized that when I was going non-stop it was hard to see where I was going. I never realized that pausing and taking a deep breath helps you go even further.