Fine Tuning Our Self-Awareness

No matter how well we are, there is always going to be the potential to be triggered and to want to respond in self-destructive ways. When I can recognize that though and be able to stop myself and do something else... That's really pretty cool.  I think recovery is about fine tuning our self-awareness but getting to where we are not intimidated by it.   In other words:

Recovery is about fine tuning our self-awareness but not living in fear.

   I have a hard time being okay with taking it easy and spending a whole day sleeping or relaxing. I constantly feel the need to be productive. Of course, this leads to a faster burnout. I'm trying to tell myself that I am able to get more done if I actually slow down and take care of myself. Hard to unlearn the old way of thinking that I need to be perfect. In other words:

I do not need to prove my worth by extreme levels of busy-ness.  

                  Another piece by artist, Sacha Chua.  A Creative Commons license.  (I really like her stuff!)