I limit access to my psyche and choose what I want to allow in. It is an enormous relief, a wonderful new freedom. I stay focused on what I have become interested in, not torn in many directions by alluring possibilities. No longer do I have stacks of articles, newspapers, and magazines I feel I must read. I have accepted the limits of my absorption capacity.
Interruptions are very stressful.
They break concentration and fragment attention. Diet, exercise, and rest were attended to only if they fit in to my schedule, which was seldom. I have gotten older and my patient body is much less forgiving. Now, I have to stretch or my muscles tighten up. I have to get exercise or my blood pressure goes too high.