KEEPING YOUR OWN MEASURE - LETTING GO OF STRESS AND OVERWHELM
About stress, overwhelm, life balance, self-determination and the quiet path towards greater inner calm, clarity and a life without constant pressure.
Volume 2 of the series "The Quiet Path"
Many people function for a long time. Appointments are kept, obligations fulfilled, expectations met. From the outside, everything appears stable. But inside, something often begins to shift. Your own pace gets lost. Your own measure falls out of balance.
Keeping Your Own Measure describes exactly this point.
Not the breakdown.
Not the external pressure.
But the quiet slipping out of your own balance.
This book is a calm, observant look at stress, overwhelm and the question of how people lose their own measure in everyday life – and how they can find it again.
It is not about achieving more.
Not about optimisation.
But about what emerges when you begin to orient yourself again by your own measure.
This book shows you:
• stress and overwhelm in modern everyday life
• how to rediscover and maintain your own pace
• self-determination instead of external expectations
• inner order and mental clarity
• recognising habits and unnoticed patterns
• a life with less pressure and more calm
Many readers recognise themselves in this:
• in an everyday life that keeps accelerating
• in the feeling of getting lost between expectations
• in the difficulty of setting clear boundaries
• in the desire to return to yourself
• in the quiet sense that something is no longer right
This book offers no quick solutions and no simple answers.
It offers:
• calm observations
• clarity without pressure
• orientation instead of instructions
• thoughts that linger
• an inner reference point that provides stability
This book is for you if you
• notice that your life keeps getting faster
• feel lost between expectations and obligations
• want to learn to set boundaries
• want to rediscover your own pace
• are looking for a calmer, clearer life
This book is not for you if you
• are looking for quick solutions or success systems
• expect a traditional self-help guide
• need step-by-step instructions
• want to keep optimising your life
Further books in this series. Each volume can be read on its own:
BACK TO REAL LIFE – BOOK 1
About self-optimisation, comparison and the quiet path back to yourself.
For you if you are tired of comparing and want to reconnect with yourself.
KEEPING YOUR OWN MEASURE – BOOK 2
About boundaries, overwhelm and inner order.
For you if you want to learn to say no without feeling guilty.
WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS POSSIBLE – BOOK 3
About pace, success and the quiet loss of orientation.
For you if you realise that speed does not replace direction.
ALONE, MOVING ON – BOOK 4
About continuing after loss.
For you if you have to keep going, even when no one walks beside you.
The Quiet Path is not a guide.
Not a system.
Not a promise.
But a space in which you become quieter, look more closely – and come closer to yourself again.
Bernhard Christoph Lichtinger writes books drawn from lived experience, from setbacks, detours, new beginnings and encounters that never needed to be invented. His stories begin where real life leaves its mark.