Have you ever binged a series so fast that you forgot how time works and suddenly you see yourself just reflecting on what you watched so far in your sleep that you begin to feel the feelings said series gave you? Not me. Jk
Like I said in my previous article, Ted Lasso is one of the most beautifully written series of all time. I love how they can compact so much story in 30 minute episodes. Season 1 was just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the series, and for Season 2..
Season 2 is the purposeful journey to the depth of the iceberg of your human soul, to the darkness below that you don’t see anything. The depths you don’t want anyone to know. The things you’re ashamed to share. The things that you’re afraid other people might think of, and those things you didn’t know that was also happening to other people. We do have that tendency to feel that only ourselves alone, are experiencing the things we’re feeling at the moment, and there’s a lesson coming up after this adventure, we’ll talk about that in a while.
Season 2 was all about character development, emphasis on development. You probably think problems are a step backwards towards our goals, dreams and aspirations and they’re a bad thing but it’s not (sorry for gaslighting, it’s true though.)
When I finished watching this series the night before writing this article, I felt feelings that I haven’t felt in a long time. Probably you know this all too well, when you’re most likely currently too busy to deal with these things because you have studies, exams, bills to pay, children to take care of. You feel that you ain’t got no time to take care of yourself, even if the world is advocating self-care in a pace that can be healthy and unhealthy, depending on how you approach it.
But in the case of not taking care of yourself, like what that guy said on Game of Thrones.. “Not today.” – but we never saw him again after that scene. Weird though he could’ve been an important part of the lore, but I’m diverging right now to make up for the word count lol.
ANYWAY, taking care of yourself is necessary in the world that’s becoming too fast for us to comprehend, but at the same time, taking care of yourself in harmful ways thinking it’s the only way we do know how is not great too.
As you continue on with your day after reading this article, please, even for just 5-10 minutes a day, do what you love. Do what brings you peace of mind. Much like any muscle, your peace of mind needs to be in top shape as well.
Take care of yourself. You’re doing great.