How is everyone's practices fairing under current events?

[HekAph]

Or rather than current events, I'll as how your practices bear up under times you find stressful.
Are they the constant thing that helps you keep going? Do they fall by the wayside when you're under stress?
So far I cant really pin down what causes me to stagnate in my growth.

 

[EnEsse]

Hey there, I believe if your current practices are more on the theurgic side, you would continue with them and find strength in doing them regardless of external events. If you are more focused on specific techniques or oriented toward attaining some goal, then that is where you're more likely to drop off the path as you become overwhelmed with the minutia of your life or the swirl of macro events that we get bombarded with. I find it easier to continue by stepping back & asking why I do 'x'? If I land on a reason that goes beyond my needs, then the Work goes on.

 

[diskrete]

The missing time for anything is actually hardest part.

 

[Ohana]

Not good. Current events really made it clear that there is not that much safety out there. Anyone can become a new target for peopIe that are powerfuI and not many wiII care.

Those that do won't be abIe to do much about it because peopIe bought into the idea that having free time means you are Iazy.

No that idea was just made so peopIe wouIdn't be abIe to do much when events like this happen. So my practices are just going south because I have some time but none of that time that feeIs free.

 

[Morell]

So far so good, though if I loose my job eventually and not ready for it, it might screw me up.

The missing time for anything is actually hardest part.

So true. every day has 24 hours, no matter how many tasks you need to do. Priorities setting is a challenge.

 

[PracticingGeomancer]

I had a really good streak, then took on more and more stuff and in the end it all felt so... mechanical. It wasn't fun anymore. And it soon enough got partially cast to the side. I suspect it has something to do with some undiagnosed combination of capital letters (ADD? ADHD? something else?). In the beginning of this year I took a short break, and now I'm back in full swing. Coming back to it though, certain things feel harder. Before my break I could meditate for 45 minutes every single day, I didn't even need a timer. I would "feel" when I was done, if it hadn't been 45 minutes, it would be 46 or 44. Right now I struggle to get over 20-25 minutes, but I'm keeping at it, one day at a time.

I've also realized I need to not loose myself into trying different techniques and paths (which, don't get me wrong is great fun, but a big commitment too, sometimes) and into setting long plans and schedules into the future. That just stresses me, I need to keep it fun, to keep doing things for results often, and to keep a certain level of spontaneity.