There actually was a time when I used to push myself too much when I was a youngster and never listened to my HVAC tech dad’s advice telling me you gotta relax in life.
I constantly felt this unceasing voice telling me to keep going and it wasn’t until my father was gone that I came to the realization that he was right and that I do gotta learn to relax.
I ran his HVAC equipment corporation at a relaxed pace and still was able to make a pretty huge amount of money and be successful with it. I never actually learned how to relax until I recently started meditation practice and now I realize that living the good life is something the two of us need to learn. I was performing 13 shows a month for 10 years with comedy until I finally came to notice how frantic I was. My dad was a local contractor and was way more successful with it than I was with my comedy because he went at an easy pace. I believe I still have a fairly good amount to learn and hopefully I have the time left to do so. I now spend most of my time feeling great more and have since quit the comedy pursuit and now pursue music, at a totally reasonable pace of course. I wish my dad still ran his HVAC equipment corporation and that I could go there a single more time to see him in the back of the shop, easily working on HVAC equipment while he listened to his unbelievable music. I don’t actually know the reason why I have such a frantic energy inside of me but hopefully meditation and weekly yoga will help quell it to a certain degree. I believe I’m finally coming to understand the art of relaxation.