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Are you overwhelmed with busyness in your life or in the lives around you? Do you ever wonder what it would be like if everyone could just slow down?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I used to be really busy. I felt like I was rushing through each day simply reacting to the demands of life and work. I was making plenty of decisions but somewhere along the way, I forgot I could choose how I spend my time and energy.<\/p>\n

There were times when I thrived on my busyness, times I measured my worth based on how busy I was, and then other times when I completely resented my busy life. The best and worst part about being busy was that I didn’t have time to listen to what my body needed or what my heart wanted. I didn’t hear those voices at all. I didn’t have to make any changes because I was simply too busy.<\/p>\n

I ignored wake up call after wake up call and in the process, I compromised my health,\u00a0happiness, and\u00a0my best relationships.<\/p>\n

The wake-up call that got my attention<\/h2>\n

Whoever hands out wake-up calls must have known how busy and stubborn I was, because they finally gave me one I could not ignore. In 2006, my body said enough is enough. It said enough to the stress, the rushing, the worry, and the busyness.<\/p>\n

After months of vertigo, fatigue, and other symptoms, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (note: I don’t believe my busyness caused my disease, but it definitely exacerbated the symptoms). Once I learned the role\u00a0stress and busyness played in my declining health, I decided to put an end to as much of it as possible.<\/p>\n

We all get wake-up calls when we are running ourselves into the ground, or running away from how we really want to live.<\/p>\n

Wake-up calls like …<\/strong><\/p>\n