Last summer my son, who was ten at the time, was completely disgusted with his teen-age cousins who spent all their time sitting on the couch “talking and texting.” He still can’t relate to this adolescent past-time, but I’m sure he will soon enough. By the way, these kids were sitting next to each other, texting each other.
I started thinking about how we sometimes bury ourselves in something – whether it’s texting, or playing X-Box, Facebook, work, or something else. Some people even spend most of their time thinking about diabetes. I think it’s healthy to come up for air, regardless of what it is we’re doing, and branch out a little.
If we are hyper-focused on diabetes, we can lose track of the other things we love in life. I think I recently hit a patch of too much diabetes, because I have kind of checked out on diabetes social media for the last week or so. And it’s been a nice break. Part of that was caused by feeling overwhelmed with other parts of my life, and it’s good to know that I can cut myself a little slack when that happens.
And it doesn’t help that it’s nine thousand degrees out!! I hope you are finding ways to stay cool, and taking time for yourself so far this summer.
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Jane, I understand totally what you mean. And, the diabetes saturation must be even more because that’s your line of work.
I went for 32 years never speaking to a soul about the db, and most of that time was actually in denial myself. Then I found the DOC and then TD, and completely immersed myself. And now I’ve backed off.
I feel strongly that my life cannot be so tcompletely focused on the db that it overwhelms everything else. But it’s that old question of balance regarding taking care of oneself vs the rest of life. I feel that social media is crucial for one’s emotional health, but so is the Y, my book club, and my tai chi classes.
(We’re gettin’ the heat tomorrow. My uncle, who lives in Boulder said it was stifling, and I’ve never heard him complain before.)