The Difficulty of Coming Home (and 4 ways to help you transition)
Your day is finally done, though a million things still remain undone.
It's time to go home.
You "should" feel happy about this.
After all, all day you've been fighting to keep your nose above water.
You've been running, your nervous system is on high-alert.
Home ought to be a place of comfort and restoration.
But the farther away from work you get, the chatter grows louder.
Often home is merely the place that highlights how ill-at-ease you actually feel.
And you have humans waiting for you -- children, a spouse.
This is both a curse and a blessing.
If you live alone, you're facing your own company.
And truth be told, you're afraid of the loneliness there — with or without family.
Home can serve to merely highlights how ill-at-ease you actually feel in your own skin.
Coming home may be the hardest thing you'll do all day.
So how can you really come home. And be home -- present to yourself and others around you?
4 ways to come home:
Listen to a guided meditation on your commute.
Get present using your senses
• Sound. Listen to the sounds around you, far away, mid range and close up
• Touch. If you're driving, feel the temperature and texture of the steering wheel
• Mindful movement. If you're walking, notice each step; heal to toe
• Breath. Attend to your breath, one breath at a time.
Stop at a park on your way home; take a walk or sit on a bench. Breathe.
Journal; write down 4 wins, or losses, in your day. Breathe.