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One Habit You Must Develop To Leave Survival Mode
Releasing the trauma of grind and hustle
Pursue creative endeavors.
Fully grown adults can take a gap year, play an instrument, sculpt, speak another language, compose music, vacation, create a recipe, write poetry, bird watch or take a pottery class. Living a lifetime of hustling is not a match for the human design. It is time for you to start a practice of creativity so that you can leave survival mode.
Unending grind and hustle is a state of poverty.
What is trauma?
It can be easy to diminish the value of words these days. We can become desensitized to the impact of a life experience on our outlook and decision making. Trauma is a word that falls into this category for me. I often think that a traumatic event is defined by loss of life, or extreme injury to the body, but that is a gross understatement. As a teacher of students who are exceptional learners, I am approaching a decade of working with trauma informed practices for the classroom. What I have learned, over time, is that I also need to understand what causes trauma for others. Since trauma is a response, it is important to learn to recognize the variety of distressing events that can illicit it. You have to look beyond the typical definitions as we encounter…
