@Polarshift I love the journey metaphor. I also find it really helpful for managing my own expectations of myself.
I read an interesting article recently about time, or specifically how different cultures concieve of time. It reminded me that many of us have grown up in a culture that sees time as a linear thing, a resource often associated with deadlines and to do lists, and so consequently it is something that we often feel we are misusing or loosing. However other cultures see time differently, as more circular or they see using time well more in terms of choosing the right actions at the right time. The language is more about whether or not it's. good time for something.
Because my shifting BP2 sypmtoms often have no relation to current events in my life, I find it frustrating when it 'interupts' my expectations of how I should be spending my time or what I should be achieving.
But the journey metaphor reminds me to be more responsive to the present moment, present opportunities, and present emotionial/cognitive resources that are available to me (rather than what I wanted to accomplish) - and so to rethink of using my time well in terms of responding well to the current moment and the opportunities it presents rather than fighting it (and so exhausting myself) or feeling guilty about how poorly I am using my time.
