14 Simple Lessons I Learned On Slowing Down
#8 You are not important
From time to time, I come to a point when I realize — perhaps, I should have slowed down a bit.
Have you felt that way before?
It is easy to get going pursuing dreams, goals and whatever excites you, day in day out, for months together and burn out.
Energy oscillates like a pendulum. When you have high energy, you produce something from that energy. You spend it. Sometimes you go overboard and burn out. When energy moves from high end to the low end, you feel the need to rest.
Just like the engine, our body and mind work the best with optimal use. neither too much use nor too much rest is good. There should be a middle ground, or perhaps, for me, a little more than the middle ground seems optimal.
I have been in that situation multiple times. I think of planning for downtime — call it vacation or time off. I don’t execute as much as I wish to. As things happen, it doesn’t feel like you need one, but when something goes bad, you regret.
I used to think, working from home would help and give me better time to rejuvenate. After the Covid-19, that’s not true. Irrespective of how many days we stay at home and sure, there are benefits that I would not have realized before, but if…
