31/05/2026
"The reason a lot of people stay busy is that busyness is a beautiful, socially rewarded form of dissociation.
You don't have to feel anything. You don't have to look at anything. You don't have to ask whether the life you're building is the life you actually want.
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The grief you haven't grieved. The conversations you've been avoiding. The dreams you've buried. The desires you've been suppressing.
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The avoidance is not random. The avoidance is the point."
From a recent Jay Shetty episode, which I listened to so many times.
I was stunned because I really saw myself in it.
Slowing down is something I'm actively trying to work on, and I still find it very difficult.
The more busyness there is, the less space there is to process what's truly in our hearts - our desires, our fears, our pain, and the things we don't want to look at.
Sometimes all it takes is a 10-minute walk, a run, or simply sitting outside without your phone, a book, music, or any distraction. That's often when the thoughts you've been suppressing finally have a chance to surface.
I still catch myself filling every gap with something - work, a plan, a task.
It's so tricky to switch off, isn't it? That's all that's needed to hear what our mind really wants us to do, yet it's so difficult!
Maybe that's also why I love photography so much.
As strange as it sounds, a photoshoot can be a beautiful tool to slow down and actually feel what's there.
Whether it's a branding session, a portrait shoot, a maternity session, or simply documenting a chapter of your life, you're suddenly asked to be present. No phone. No multitasking. No endless to-do list.
Yes, the photographer might guide you, but you're still there with yourself.
I've always felt that photography acts like a mirror, one that reflects something deeper back to you later.
Maybe that's why photoshoots can feel so vulnerable. And maybe that's also why they can be so powerful.
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