Time After Time

Time is an absolute, for real, barrier. No argument there. HOWEVER (said with emphatic pause). It’s probably only a barrier half of the time. The other time, it’s the story that you have told yourself. In other words, it’s in your head.

It may not be that you don’t have the time to press the ‘snooze button’ on life to take a little me-time. Instead, there’s a strong chance that you’ve convinced yourself that down time is ‘unproductive’ or ‘selfish’ or ‘lazy.’ You get the picture.

Let’s just put it out there. A ‘why’ is not necessary for you to simply chill. But, interestingly enough, many times our biggest barrier is not that we can’t find the time (or make it), it’s that we simply don’t give ourselves permission. So, the next time the thought crosses your mind that a little break would feel soul enriching, but you want to fight the desire, consider one or more of the following:

• You deserve it. Enough said. • Resting is productive. A little rest can go a long way. • What you want is just as important as what another wants. • It’s harder to give to others when you are unable to give to

yourself.