As this point I’ve lived both paths. Working until burnout sans rest days always, always, led to a mental breakdown. Full on crying in the back staircase at Blue Smoke once a year, without fail. A co-worker named Julie told me taking care of myself meant rest days too. Otherwise this will keep happening, even the almighty GOD rested when creating the world. A biblical reference that stuck. I’m certainly not doing anything as epic as creating Earth.
From that day forward I started incorporating days of doing nothing. Changed my life for the better. Unplugging is how you keep things working, or fix them.
Being American, you’re programmed to be the consummate worker bee. COVID provided a shift, inclining people towards the European perspective of life. That work to live, not live to work vibe. Life is too short not to live for yourself, don’t work yourself to an early grave. Via: Annalie Howling
