Take breaks

Proverbs: a change is as good as a rest.

Here’s another:

Change of work is as good as play.

When you take a break from what you’re doing, this counts as rest.

Sometimes we have forced change: we loose a job, go through a break up, our kid goes away to college.

Sometimes we make change: we cut our hair, move to a new city, drive a new way home.

Think of a drop of water in a lake.

When that drop falls, it creates wakes that go out. If that drop of water fell in a new place, new wakes would go out, too.

Everything is energy and change disrupts the signal pattern.

Einstein: Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality.

Shift the activity, shift the energy, shift the reality.

The anatomy of rest

Rest can take many forms.

When we think of rest, we may tend to think of it in terms of the physical - sleeping, napping. But rest can also be:

  • Mental

  • Sensory

  • Creative

  • Emotional

  • Spiritual

If you’re relationally depleted, sleep won’t likely fix this. But spending time with someone who uplifts you vs drains you may.

If you’re creatively tapped out, again sleep may not be the answer, but engaging in play or an activity that sparks delight, may fill the well.

Rest is part of our design. It not a nice-to- have, but an essential part of our overall health, wellbeing and creative flourishing.

Proverb: Rest is part of the work.