Years and years ago, my therapist told me I over-think things. Not a day goes by that I don’t wonder: what did she really mean?<\/p>\n
I do know that if you see me lost in thought, it is usually about whatever the next thing is that I have to do. I’ve often got to a party or a meal or a play and consciously thought right, got here, that’s done, what do I need to do tomorrow?<\/p>\n
Do you do this too? I also queue up my worries. If I have a big event coming then the single way I have of ever getting it off my mind is to have another big event coming up before it. So I’ll come out of that first one probably feeling great \u2013\u00a0yesterday was event number 176 of which 10 were meh and 2 were ulcer-bursting awful \u2013 and I’m immediately fretting about the next one a week away.<\/p>\n
But.<\/p>\n
Two things. First, when I’m actually working at an event or a workshop or whatever, I’m right there in the moment for every single moment and there isn’t a whisper of a thought of the next thing from start to finish. I think this may be why I like producing and presenting events so much.<\/p>\n
Second, this did happen to me again yesterday. The day was fun, I glowed out of there and through a tea with a friend and colleague from the event, I glowed into joining up with Angela and then right in the middle of a curry, wallop. <\/p>\n
Angela looked at me just like you’re doing.<\/p>\n
But the reason for saying this to you today, the reason for the But up there a few paragraphs ago, is that this changed. This went away.<\/p>\n
We saw Dar Williams<\/a> in concert at the Glee Club. She’s the artist I’ve said I wouldn’t kill to write like \u2013 but I’d maim. I adore her work, her music has meant a lot to me for a very long time and I’ve often seen her in concert. Every time has been good, but this one was great.<\/p>\n Whatever I was thinking about when I went into that concert, she took us all wherever she wanted to go.<\/p>\n I’m going to think about that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Years and years ago, my therapist told me I over-think things. Not a day goes by that I don’t wonder: … Continue reading