05/11/2026
When did being busy become a measure of being valuable?
We tell ourselves we'll rest when the work is finished, when the house is clean or when we've ticked everything off the list.
Yet those moments rarely arrive.
Somewhere along the way, many of us have absorbed the belief that our value is tied to what we achieve. And it's easy to carry that belief into our homes, workplaces and relationships.
We can unintentionally reinforce the very expectations that leave us feeling like we always need to be doing more.
But our bodies don't work that way. Fatigue has consequences, whether we acknowledge it or not.
Rest isn't a reward for getting everything finished. It's how we restore our capacity to show up for the things that matter.
This week, perhaps notice what happens when you have an opportunity to rest.
Do you allow yourself to stop, or do you immediately look for something else to do?
I've explored this in my latest article, Rest: Why We Struggle to Allow Ourselves to Stop.
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