You will rest by force or by choice
It's happened to me so many times, and it's the cautionary tale I tell my clients the most.
Maybe you keep going because you believe in what you're doing. So did I. I refused to slow down and refused to rest, because I wanted to show up.
One year, I decorated the office for Christmas first, because clients would be there and I wanted it to look good. By the time Christmas arrived, I hadn't even decorated our house, so our family went to the office to celebrate instead.
Everything revolved around the future I was building, and I stopped considering the present.
I lost me. I stopped having hobbies or making time for myself or putting my family first. I just became this robot that worked all the time until I was so burned out I couldn't function anymore.
If you don't choose rest, it comes anyway: as burnout, as getting sick more often, or as not being there when someone you care about needs you. It catches people off guard more than anybody wants to admit.
Choosing yourself first means downtime is planned instead of sneaking up on you so you can spend that energy where you want it to go, like hobbies and family time, instead of bed-rotting.
If you're stretching yourself too thin to take care of yourself, let us help take some of that load off you!
