CallaFirestormBW -> RE: 24\7 slavery is difficult (5/11/2009 1:08:47 PM)
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Original: machimounchaine Do other 24/7 slaves feel this and if so how do you as the Owner and the slave manage this? Yes, every servant goes through this at some point, if xhe is really enmeshed in hir servitude. The way to get out of it is the same way one gets out of other self-defeating modes of behavior. An old spiritual teacher told me that this method is the -proper- application of the "fake it till you make it" principle. In other words, the way to get out of the feeling is to continue to do what you need to do, and use self-talk to remind yourself -why- you are doing it, and to find, specifically, the little joys in each act of service. For myself, I am not always "on" for doing what I need to do either, whether that is going off to my job or sitting down to write articles or whatever. I grumble and kvetch the same as the next folk, and when I do, and still end up having to do what I need to do, I can get very resentful and snippy. I've found that finding five good things about what I am doing starts the process, for me, of thinking much more proactively and much more productively about the things I have to do and how I need to do them (including the attitude I put into them). The satisfaction at the end is a good goal, as well... so stop and look over what you've done, quietly, before you let your Keeper know you're done. Cherish the sense of a job well done, and the knowledge of having given your very best work. Those will help you to keep your submission and duties in positive perspective. On the other end of the kneel, if I see one of my servants who appears to be getting mired in hir own boredom and repetitive nature of the tasks set, I try to assign something new and different -- some project that hasn't been undertaken for a long time that will be a change of pace. If, however, the servant insists on being miserable about every task set, and if I can see that xhe is not putting hir full effort into what xhe is doing, or is wasting time procrastinating and whining, I will typically start giving more and more odious, tedious tasks, so that when xhe is returned to hir duties, xhe can appreciate the relative ease and pleasantry of the day-to-day projects. Dame Calla
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