so i was watchin snippets of joseph campbell's the power of myth on youtube.com
i believe it was part 6 of the bliss and sacrifice portion of the piece

and he was talking about sacred space...and he spoke on it as not necessarily a tangible space like a room or a section of floor...but he said that sacred space can be a time that you observe each day.

and that blew my mind...he was basically like erybody should have a time each day in which they don't know what happened on the news or who their friends are...and he said that that is where creativity will take hold...or something to that effect

he said that you may not notice anything happening in the beginning but trust that it is working.

i've also taken some space for myself AWAY from other people including my boyfriend. this has assisted me greatly in not feeling so overwhelmed. now if i could manage to make myself go to bed at a decent hour...who KNOWS what might happen!