Ahhhhhh yes!!! I am also not fast paced, my favorite pair of socks has sloths on them :) I was fired from my first job for moving to slow, I learned quickly that the restaurant service industry is not for me. My mind works fast, but body would much rather just meander through life :) Also, I concur on Pisces! I married one for all the reasons you listed! :)
I'm a slow and steady girl too. One of the things that really struck me was how your coaches words created a lasting affect on you. It seems like the piece was a bit of a freedom from his words, a sort of f-you. That you've made peace with your pace. That your speed in life is not a deficit but a conscious choice, a way to experience more. Be present to yourself and all that life has for you.
My coach definitely did some damage, and it's taken me most of my life to reconcile it. (And I'm still not quite there.) Isn't it funny how those offhand remarks can stick with us for decades? But yes, I offer him a huge f-you. And the same to anyone else who body shames another... especially a teenager who already feels uncomfortable in his/her changing body. I love my slow, steady life now. <3
Ahhhhhh yes!!! I am also not fast paced, my favorite pair of socks has sloths on them :) I was fired from my first job for moving to slow, I learned quickly that the restaurant service industry is not for me. My mind works fast, but body would much rather just meander through life :) Also, I concur on Pisces! I married one for all the reasons you listed! :)
I'm a slow and steady girl too. One of the things that really struck me was how your coaches words created a lasting affect on you. It seems like the piece was a bit of a freedom from his words, a sort of f-you. That you've made peace with your pace. That your speed in life is not a deficit but a conscious choice, a way to experience more. Be present to yourself and all that life has for you.
My coach definitely did some damage, and it's taken me most of my life to reconcile it. (And I'm still not quite there.) Isn't it funny how those offhand remarks can stick with us for decades? But yes, I offer him a huge f-you. And the same to anyone else who body shames another... especially a teenager who already feels uncomfortable in his/her changing body. I love my slow, steady life now. <3