You’re reading Try Stuff Energy, a weekly-ish newsletter on how it feels like to put yourself out into the word and well, try stuff, like publishing this newsletter. Written by Caitlin Sowers. Hello! Well this is the third newsletter I’ve written since you last heard from me, but the only one I’ve been able to hit send on. The others? Either way too optimistic (I was faking it), or a touch too depressing (better left as a journal entry). As Haim would say “You say there's no stupid questions / Only stupid people / Well, I've been feeling pretty foolish / Tryin' to get myself through this.” So, I’ve been down and trying to get through it. What I’m not doing is numbing myself by over-exercising, over-eating, or over-achieving (my usual bevy of choices). But instead, just letting the waves hit. Guess what? They’ve all ended up breaking onto the shore, feeling the bottom until they tire themselves out. It takes a hell of a lot less effort. And there’s the metaphor of life, you’ve gotta have the wisdom to go down to the bottom and only then you’ll can you come back up. One of the best pieces of advice I’ve been given is the appropriate response to sadness is to cry.
#5: I've been down but I have favourites
#5: I've been down but I have favourites
#5: I've been down but I have favourites
You’re reading Try Stuff Energy, a weekly-ish newsletter on how it feels like to put yourself out into the word and well, try stuff, like publishing this newsletter. Written by Caitlin Sowers. Hello! Well this is the third newsletter I’ve written since you last heard from me, but the only one I’ve been able to hit send on. The others? Either way too optimistic (I was faking it), or a touch too depressing (better left as a journal entry). As Haim would say “You say there's no stupid questions / Only stupid people / Well, I've been feeling pretty foolish / Tryin' to get myself through this.” So, I’ve been down and trying to get through it. What I’m not doing is numbing myself by over-exercising, over-eating, or over-achieving (my usual bevy of choices). But instead, just letting the waves hit. Guess what? They’ve all ended up breaking onto the shore, feeling the bottom until they tire themselves out. It takes a hell of a lot less effort. And there’s the metaphor of life, you’ve gotta have the wisdom to go down to the bottom and only then you’ll can you come back up. One of the best pieces of advice I’ve been given is the appropriate response to sadness is to cry.