Three Ways to Recover from Massive Timeline Shifts

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When the energy moves fast, the nervous system feels it. You might be exhausted, disoriented, or hovering in a strange in-between space where nothing feels quite right. I’ve been there. I’m there now, too. I’m with you. These are three ways to find your footing again.

1. If You’re Feeling Exhausted → Slow Down with Micro-Moments of Rest

You don’t have to stop everything—but you do need to integrate moments of being into your day. Presence is like a muscle. The more you practice, the easier it becomes to access deep pockets of rest without needing to check out completely.

Try this:

• Take three deep breaths while doing something routine—brushing your teeth, making coffee, driving.

• Let a single moment stretch. Instead of rushing to the next thing, pause—even for a few seconds.

• Notice your thoughts. Don’t force them to stop, just slow them down.

The goal isn’t to eliminate movement—it’s to move with awareness.

Personally, the resistance that shows up for me here is that doing this is an act of rebellion—while this can feel badass, it also requires managing guilt and shame, especially if you’re not used to prioritizing yourself and centering yourself in your own life experience. It goes against what we’ve been taught to glorify, admire, and respect—this only gets more true and deep depending on the layers of societal oppression and ancestral trauma you’re carrying, something as individualized as humans themselves.

I share this to say, I recognize this isn’t easy, albeit simple. Sometimes simple approaches to complicated experiences can feel degrading or frustrating to receive, as they require self-reflection and self-awareness, which takes a lot of work for those of us who are carrying a lot of shit. We’re busy. We’re tired. We strive to mitigate social heat and judgment at every corner, because fuck!

Anyway, all that gets a bit easier with time as you really experience the benefit of prioritizing yourself and your needs. That’s really what we’re trying to do here…take better care of ourselves.

2. If Everything’s Falling Apart → Glitch the Matrix On Purpose

Things are already shifting. The energy is unstable. Instead of resisting it—participate in the shift. Small, intentional changes signal to your system that you’re adaptable, capable, and in flow with transformation.

Ways to do this:

• Change one small thing in your routine: a different morning drink, a new playlist, an alternate commute.

• Try something just to see how it feels, like you’re collecting data on yourself.

• Stay curious—rigid routines can create stagnation, and you’re evolving.

This isn’t about chaos—it’s about conscious disruption. You’re not at the mercy of the shift. You’re actively reshaping your reality.

Okay, so particularly as an autistic person, I am prone to slipping into routines in every area of life possible. The paths I take to my frequent spots, where I park when I get there, the way I schedule out my workday with my personal tasks and events, etc. The familiarity is like a balm to my nervous system. But, this also begets routine thought patterns and reinforced beliefs, for better or worse.

So, when I am deliberating working to reframe/reprogram/re-wire something in my brain, I reinforce it by intuitively switching up usual routines. I take a new path to a different market (I see new faces, I engage in different conversations, I glitch the matrix, on purpose), I visit a new coffee shop, I take a different neighborhood loop with my pup. I make one small change to my nighttime skin care routine. I eat something new, or something I haven’t had in a while. Glitching the Matrix, on purpose.

3. If You’re in the Liminal Space → Treat Life Like It’s Brand New

When you’re between versions of yourself, things can feel unfamiliar. That’s because they are.

Here’s what helps:

• Explore something new, even if you never saw yourself doing it before.

• Grieve the things that no longer fit—careers, hobbies, identities, relationships. It’s okay to mourn what you thought would be permanent.

• Stay open to new connections—or new versions of familiar ones. People evolve too.

I’ve had a lot of really uncomfortable and challenging conversations with people I’ve held close in this life, over the last few years. I’ve had to recalibrate boundaries I never really wanted, and end relationships/friendships I thought would last a lifetime. Even when it was hard and I didn’t want to do it, even when I was feeling insecure about it, I held honor for my true, evolved self over keeping up with old-version roles (only after upholding them for more than a decade—a very special kind of grief for those who resonate).

And admittedly, there are still some relationships I tiptoe around, uncertain but hoping that they evolve with me. It’s challenging. It’s pretty raw. It can be isolating.

This is a rebirth. Approach it with curiosity, and give yourself grace.

Which of these resonates most?

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