{"id":17680,"date":"2020-10-15T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mag.atomicmusic.space\/?p=17680"},"modified":"2020-10-15T10:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T23:11:00","slug":"just-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radio.atomicmusic.space\/index.php\/2020\/10\/15\/just-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Do It!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

World Mental Health Day was on Saturday the 10th<\/sup>\nOctober.  I\u2019d like to touch base and\ncheck in with everyone and see where they are at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As we turn into adults, life sometimes gets in the way of\nchecking in on others and even in on ourselves.   Life Happens, Shit Happens, and people\nget busy. I get it.<\/em><\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One bad habit I formed as an adult being busy all the\ntime was that when I went to call one of my friends, I\u2019d think it\u2019s probably a\nbad time.<\/em><\/strong> I won\u2019t annoy them now because they are most likely, at work,\nfeeding their kids, spending time with their partner, at sport etc etc.. I was\nso conscientious and caring of my friend\u2019s time I would make the decision for\nthem that they had no time to talk to me at that very moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then one day something shifted, and I just called.<\/em><\/strong>  As we got talking, she said she also never\ncalled because she thought it was probably the wrong time as well. How silly it\nseems that we make decisions for people without letting them in on it and\nironically by doing this and not calling we know less and less about the actual\nsituations that our friends are in. I\u2019d missed a lot because I\u2019d not wanted to\nannoy and occupy her time when in retrospect, she\u2019d really needed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From that day on I decided to and now tell all my friends,\nwhen I think of you and have time I\u2019ll call, if you\u2019re busy you don\u2019t need to\nanswer, you can call me back when you get a chance.  I won\u2019t be offended.  I won\u2019t take it personally and vice versa;\nyou do the same.  Let\u2019s not make the\ndecision for each other that our time isn\u2019t going to align.  Let\u2019s remind each other that we are still\nthere for one another even if it is just by leaving a message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also made it very clear that yes, I\u2019m busy and all over\nthe place but if you need me let me know. \nI\u2019ll<\/em><\/strong> make time for you.<\/em><\/strong>  Ultimately, I think we sometimes expect that\npeople will remember that but unless we continue to touch base and reinforce it\nsometimes it potentially closes that door a bit. That ease to reach out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With some of my friends it becomes a Tag your It, phone\ngame.  With others, I\u2019ve caught them and\ntalked for hours at times when I\u2019d never have bothered previously due to my own\npreconceptions of their schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other day another busy friend messaged me and said \u201chey\nI\u2019ll be driving home tonight and are you about if I call you? It will probably\nbe late.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My reply was \u201cCall.  I\nmay or may not answer\u201d She wasn\u2019t offended in fact she wrote back.  F..k I love our friendship \ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even with lockdown where we have been forced to slow down,\nit\u2019s easy to be moving in different directions or by-passing people you who\nmean a lot to you. The thought of picking up the phone or texting sometimes\npops into our head then pops out again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So as soon as it pops in do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t second guess yourself and others. Just Do It.  Reach out and reap the rewards.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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