Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Day 32: Rest

All of this self-reflection can be exhausting. I feel like there are a million internal eyeballs analyzing everything I'm doing, thinking, feeling, saying, not saying, etc. This is definitely revealing a lot to me about own internal workings, but damn is it tiring!

Today being a very popular holiday, well someone eles's cultural holiday anyway...and so I shall rest.

So enjoy whatever it is you are doing today, and I will see you again tomorrow, dear reader.

Merry Non-Denominational Winter Holiday to all.
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  1. Kalil / ...10 years laterJanuary 13, 2023 at 10:05 AM

    When I was writing this blog 10 years ago, I took this one day off in my process of learning how to rest. Now, in my reflection process 10 years later, I have taken 2 weeks off from re-reading and commenting on this blog, and I am coming back to it in the second week of January. It feels good to see how far my rest practice has come in this past 10 years. (I also have 2 young children now, though, so it's also just more chaos and less overall spaciousness, so certainly isn't a direct comparison.)

    And, I've been able to approach this HeART for Brains 10-year retrospective process with a lot of ease in how / when I read and reflect on my process from 10 years ago, which is a direct result of a significant increase in my capacity for rest. Also, I have now articulated The Sustainability Cycle, which helps me understand when I need rest, and I now understand that sustainability not only includes rest and work, but play too. It's been a loooong journey, but at least I know now!

    For the curious: The Sustainability Cycle is Resource - Output - Rest. At this time 10 years ago I only knew Output (work) and was learning about Rest. But Resourcing through Pleasure and Play was still outside of my awareness. Yay for learning to care for myself more holistically!

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