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Hi, I'm Monica Packer from About Progress, and this is a hug and a kick, a series where I share a short excerpt from my extensive podcast archives, one carefully selected to give you the validation and or motivation you need for the weekend.

One of the biggest obstacles we have to self-care is lack of time, but we actually have the time. We just find ourselves spending it in ways that are not in alignment with who we want

to be and also our values and the ways we actually want to be spending this precious time that we

have to give to ourselves. This happens to all of us. It happens to me too. And I have a whole

episode coming, I don't know exactly when, but in the future, all about numbing behavior

in general, because there's a lot to say there. Numbing behavior itself is not morally bad.

It's not the behavior. It's the lack of intention or choice behind it. And again, I'm going to share

a whole episode on that soon. But I just wanted to share with you in this gross spurt.

What I do when I notice that I am

numbing instead of intentionally doing something I want or need to do, such as caring for myself

in the ways that I have intended to with some simple things that I wanted to do, like playing the

piano or practicing my flute or looking up a new recipe that I wanted to try out and just

kind of getting in that zone or reading a book. Here's what I do. My go-to numbing behavior is just my

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