I sometimes feel like a bad friend. I’m not the one who usually reaches out to people to let them know I am thinking about them. It is a two-fold problem – I’m introverted and over-scheduled.
As an introvert, I need my space. I need down-time, and to not be around people ALL of the time. So when I get a few precious moments to myself, I hoard them like a dragon with its golden treasure.
That leads to the other issue – being over-scheduled. Unfortunately, I am not independently wealthy (YET). I work full time to cover expenses, and then I take extra on here and there for play money, or sometimes to finish covering expenses.
Most of the extra I do is because it is in alignment with my purpose. I am called to be a priestess – a healer and a teacher, a coach and a guide. Which looks like teaching classes, and individual students, and being very involved in my church and its festivals, and reading tarot, and leading ritual, and providing Reiki, and…
BAM! Over-scheduled. Because I want to do it all. And I still want to connect with my friends, outside of ritual and classes. So I fit things in to every nook and cranny I can. I went for dinner with a friend I haven’t seen or talked to for ages last night, precisely because we haven’t seen or talked with each other for ages.
I think about my friends and family all the time, and wonder how you are doing, and maybe I ought to call, or send a message. Most often this urge hits me while I am driving, and thus unable to act on it. Then, I get where I’m going and get caught up in the next task, and before I know it, I haven’t connected with you for far too long.
I love you. I think about you. Please feel free to reach out to me – I will respond! I may be introverted and over-scheduled, but I will make time for you.
Blessings,
Mary