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Do you feel like you're always on the go?
You're not alone. Many people feel this way because they are constantly living in a state of emergency. They never take the time to relax and enjoy life.
We want to help you change that. We want to show you how to live a life where you can finally take a breath and relax. All it takes is some self-discovery.
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I remember a time, perhaps 20 years ago, when I used to walk around with a blackberry strapped to my hip. I had a blackberry because it was my primary means of communication at work. It would ring or vibrate at all hours of the day and night for various work-related issues.

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Imagine receiving calls at 3 a.m. informing you that there is a global outage and that parts are unable to be shipped. Imagine receiving calls on the weekend while you're spending time with your family, informing you that a website has crashed. Imagine receiving calls while on vacation informing you that the entire email system is down.

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Because I was constantly receiving hundreds of emails, calls and texts at all hours of the day and night. There was never an off moment. And over time, I began to be defined by this always-on behaviour.

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I eventually noticed that even when I wasn't wearing the blackberry on my hip, I would sense ghost vibrations. I was so used to having the phone go off that when it was not attached to me, my mind fooled me into thinking it was vibrating. I also found that even when I wasn't receiving any notifications on my phone, I was continuously pulling it out and browsing through emails and text messages rather than connecting with people in social situations.

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I had read in publications that many others were experiencing these ghost vibrations as well. The mind became wired to be always-on.

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What was the reason for that?

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Fast forward 20+ years, I have a very good friend who works as an IT Director for a large organization. In that role, he is continuously dealing with issues concerning his staff, management, IT outages, customer complaints, etc. While the staff, management and customer complaints take a lot out of him, it is the IT issues that keep him busy day and night. Just the other day, he was dealing with 3 major outages at 3 am in the morning. He is 'on' at all times.

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As a result of being 'on' all the time, he becomes nervous when things slow down and activities operate smoothly with no problems. He is so wired to be dealing with concerns 24 hours a day that he becomes anxious when there is a lull. He believes he isn't doing his job.

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He now looks at his personal life the same way. When things are fine with the family and extended family, he feels uneasy. He feels like he must be doing something. Fixing some problem. Advising some person. If he is not doing this, he feels he is not being productive.

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He has been dealing with concerns and fixing problems for so long that he begins to feel nervous when there are no issues or problems to solve. It's almost as if it's an addiction. When you don't receive your fix, you start to itch, you start to scratch, you become agitated, you have anxiety attacks, and go through various other psychological and physiological sensations until you get your fix.

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This reminded me of the exact problems I was having with my blackberry. Why can't we appreciate it when there is nothing going on? Why do we feel compelled to be busy all of the time? Why do we have to be on at all time? Why must we always be solving problems?

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Why can't we take pleasure in life when the opportunity arises?

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