Productizzity

Productizzity  ~ Not sure if this word even exists but it does for me; it’s the way my head can spin when I hit the ground running and don’t stop until I feel parched, drained and literally dizzy.

For someone who specializes in body awareness and self-care I should know better, and I do, but embodying it is different than knowing it.

We were not created, and our bodies are not designed to go non-stop; and that goes for our thoughts and mind chatter as well.

It is imperative that we do a check in with ourselves to see if we are existing on autopilot and not staying present to our needs.

Scan your body; have you taken a good, deep, lung expanding, diaphragm contracting breath?  Have you dropped your shoulders, softened your neck muscles, and stretched out your jaw?  What about your hands? Have you massaged each knuckle? Do you feel any ache or discomfort when you do?

Your feet, can you squat all the way to the floor while keeping your feet flat? Do you have adequate range of motion in your ankles to allow for this position?

When was the last time you woke in the morning and took 30 minutes to slowly stretch the sleep away, or stopped in the middle of the day to close your eyes and just listen to the world around you? How much water have you consumed today, and did you eat mindfully or just crunch a piece of toast down on your way to where you go?

If you let these things get away from you, you too will find your self in a state of PRODUCTIZZITY – and if you stay in this state for long enough, you will begin to lose the ability to recognize when your body is sending you a message, and just like a nerve that is stimulated at excess – eventually the messages stop coming and your body can move into a place of chronic stress, exhaustion and shut down.

And who wants that?? Self-care (albeit a supremely over-used and consumer driven notion) is really a THING and it starts with knowing your body, knowing your limits and honoring both!!

Is there anyone out there that can relate to this feeling of productizzity?  How does it feel for you and what are your methods of pulling yourself out of it?