Why Getting Your Hands Dirty Makes You Feel Better

And other reflections on awakening to awe

I’ve had to unlearn my need to always be busy. For a type A overachieving workaholic, this has been the hardest habit to break. Leaving my old life behind has been terrifying. Discombobulating. As I start to feel better, it’s hard not to jump back to my old ways of being. But I’m coming to understand that this new way is OK. More than OK, it’s liberatin…