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Take a Break
Sometimes it is the best thing you can do for yourself
Lately, I feel as though I have been burning the candle at both ends, so to speak.
The “busyness” of the holidays has rolled right into additional demands at work, more life changes on the horizon, and a never-ending to-do list that appears to multiply.
In early February I ended up getting sick. Not quite sure where I got it but it wasn’t enough to stop everything, yet enough to be annoying.
That sickness has continued in the form of an irritating cough that continues to keep me up at night, impacting the amount of sleep I’m able to begin each day with.
I say this not to get sympathy from those of you that are probably going through similar things in life.
The reason I say this is because yesterday I had enough of it. I had a meeting that ended around 3:30 in the afternoon and my work day ended.
Rather than picking up a new task that would have me working till 6:00 that evening, I called it for the day and spent my late afternoon and evening doing something for myself.
And it felt great.
I watched a couple of episodes of a show with my wife, made some progress on a new book that I’ve started reading, and I fell asleep by 9:30…
