Watch out for trying to perpetuate high times beyond their expiration date.
It’s great to enjoy them to the fullest while they’re happening, but when they’re over, they’re over. The Inner Critic likes to pretend to keep living them, by going over them in your mind’s eye, rewriting conversations, spinning possible future situations… in other words, crafting drama.
The first thing to realize is that coming off a high time does NOT mean you have to sink down or go low. You don’t have to sink into a mini-depression every time something great happens and then ends. In fact, the Inner Critic’s drama fest is guaranteed to make you feel bad because it’s not real.
Instead, you can follow a high by re-acquainting yourself with depth. At first it will feel like you’re tumbling towards boredom, but if you “embrace the boring” you won’t be sinking low, you’ll be going deep, into a very different but every bit as satisfying state of being.
