You haven’t got time to take a day off.
Yep! I totally resonate with that
statement. After all, I’ve made it my mantra for…I can’t even
count the years.
And I still find it challenging to take
a whole day off.
Not checking the overload of other peoples schedules
in my inbox, breaking the family routine, not making three meals a
day, every day. Stopping reading, talking, helping someone with
regards to work.
I find it more manageable to take bite
sizes of time off…like when I’m asleep, or in the shower, or in
the car on my own in between dropping and picking up children from
various playdates, classes and sleepovers. Time off in my books is
the weekly shop without kids, playing on social media, reading a book
on biz, helping a friend in need.
Taking a day off is the most important
factor of living life more.
Without that day to yourself to do
whatever it is you like to do to rejuvenate, recuperate, revitalise
and rewind, life naturally winds you up and spits you out leaving you
spiky, exhausted and no use to anyone.
Taking a day off is the most important
factor of living life more.
Without that day to yourself to do
whatever it is you like to do to rejuvenate, recuperate, revitalise
and rewind, life naturally winds you up and spits you out leaving you
spiky, exhausted and no use to anyone.
Yes, I know you’re really, really
busy and you can’t possibly do it today.
Maybe next week
sometime…go on…dig your heels right back into that stuck in the
rut you’ve made yourself.
I can't possibly take today off because
I gotta write a blog, fix the toilet, pack up the kids lunch, fill in trenches, prepare dinner, make beds, chop wood.
I hear
the mantra. I know wotcha saying!
I’ve been overwhelmed with the
routine and needs of life, family and everything. My creativity has
lain in a crumpled heap alongside the trug of clothes that should’ve
been folded tidily away into drawers sometime last week. My physical
needs have demanded I take some time out as I hammer away at the
keys. My productivity rates slid down the scale as I put myself down
the back alleys of self care, alongside the remains of chaos and
overwork.
So, what is it that’s impossible to put off?
So, what is it that’s impossible to put off?
What’s so urgent that it can’t be timetabled into another day, gifting yourself some well deserved rest, play and self care?
I gifted myself with a day last week.
My day of work became a day for me.
I had to be pushed outa the
door…my beloved thought it was the best idea I’d ever had! I got
permission from someone else, and I still had to take the leap of
faith that my life wouldn’t crumble around me while I was looking
after number one.
I came back joy-full, free, relaxed and happy. My head was busting with new ideas for famliy happiness, business prosperity and solutions to challenges had been answered while I took myself for a bush whacking exercise into my back yard of the wild.
Sunning myself on the beach, dunking my head under the
waves and giving myself a virtual swim, looking out at the horizon
rewired my neural patterns, put life into perspective, gave me back
my freedom and perspective on life, the universe and everything.
In fact I was so fully charged that I
had the most productive week ever!
And taking advantage of losing power at
home during a weekend rainstorm, therefore loosing the ability to
make gourmet meals, do the never ending laundry and checkin in on the
‘lose an evening to facebook’ game, I gifted myself more than
free time.
I supped up the energy of recharge and turbo powered my
way through the next workday, giving myself the freedom to book my
next day off the following week.
Go on, I dare yah! Gift yourself with a
day off tomorrow!