Creating Space for Rest and Recovery
Believe it or not, one of the most important parts of your work is rest and recovery.
Like a professional athlete whose recovery routine is equally as important as her training regimen, you should have one, too.
This should be non-negotiable, but it tends to be the first thing to go under stress.
When we create space, it’s an invitation for new to come and fill it in (ideas, opportunities, and more).
When we leave no space, we are signaling to ourselves and the universe that we’re full and aren’t available for those things.
Other messages we’re sending ourselves when we don’t rest and recover are that we don’t need it and aren’t worth it.
We continue to exacerbate the damage (like the athlete I mentioned who overworks a muscle and doesn’t go to the massage therapist or take an ice bath).
When you’re sick, you don’t doubt that you need rest. Why not be more proactive before you get there? If you’re waiting for permission, consider this it.
Here’s the irony of it all: you’ll find that you perform better and get better ideas when you do this (I can attest to this with 10+ years of anecdotal evidence).
A light switch turns both on and off. So do you. Why not try both settings?