January 14
“Today I will choose rest instead of pushing through.”
“Rest?! What’s that?”, we ask. “Self-care? Not sure. Let me Google it . . .”, we joke.
The go, go, GO! of life usually leaves us wondering where the days went and how in the world we got through it. The answer: we pushed through. Today, though, Eve Lewis tells us to rest. She says it isn’t earned and it isn’t a luxury; in fact, it’s a vital component of life. Without it we get overwhelmed, develop brain fog, get sick, or break down, etc. Our bodies need rest and relaxation and play to recover from the stresses of life. Yet many of us don’t actually get to rest – or worse, we feel guilty about taking time for ourselves. Our to-do lists are always a mile long and we keep adding to them.
Eve calls rest an ‘act of kindness’. It’s a time to pause. To calm down. To decompress. And we need to give ourselves permission to do so. For me, it ties in with the lesson from January 12: I’ve done enough. I keep checking things off of my to-do list in my planner and, while it keeps me on track with really important items, I get to a point where I admit that I’m tired and need to stop doing and just be. I’ve done enough for the time being. Now it’s time to take a little break and rest.
And that’s ok.
Let’s keep reminding ourselves and each other of that fact, shall we?
I hope that you get a chance to rest today. When you feel the need to push through, remember that you’ve done enough and it’s time to enjoy a bit of rest.
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