Weight Weight Just Love Me – Rest – Day 33

Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT

My first mentor (a Korean War Vet) used to say, don't stand when you can sit and don't sit when you can be lying down. Have we become overly stern task masters of the go go go life? Now sitting is supposedly the new smoking - when will the harsh judgement of our inherent nature cease?

My first mentor (a Korean War Vet) used to say, don’t stand when you can sit and don’t sit when you can be lying down. Have we become overly stern task masters of the go go go life? Now sitting is supposedly the new smoking – when will the harsh judgement of our inherent nature cease?

I’m at the half way point of this 66 day challenge to love myself and I need to rest.  Lucky for me, with this practicing loving myself more, resting is getting easier to do.  Yesterday was the fourth day of this cooking school boot camp.  While I’m immensely enjoying learning all types of  cooking techniques that do in fact make preparing great food much easier and quicker, I reached my saturation point and needed to rest. In the past I’ve been so hard charging and unforgiving on myself, I would just push through.  I’ve realized though with this effort, loving myself more means resting when I need to rest.  We had a half hour break after lunch and I headed to my room to take a quick nap.  I got there and the cleaning service was in the room.  In the past I would have left and allowed them to finish their work.  Becoming a stronger advocate for my interests (and not really giving much of a rip if my room was tidied up or not) – I told the gracious woman my room was fine and she was done.  She seemed quite happy about it.  So, we both won because I was more on my own side for what I really needed.

In the past it seemed to take a cataclysmic event  (usually some health issue) where I could even allow myself to rest. I’m getting better at tuning into what I really need rather than being there for others as my priority.  (I really don’t think this is my challenge alone – it seems like this is the standard MO of most mothers).  I realized almost two decades ago whenever I got a sore throat, what was really going on was I needed more rest.  I don’t get sore throats anymore, but the same inclination to go and go and go until I crash still exists. So today was a good sign I may be moving onto a new more gentle way of existing with this challenge to love myself more.  I am allowed to take care of myself in the manner that is right for me in the moment and today’s moments required a slower pace.

 

Kate’s comment: I love that we’re halfway through this challenge – how awesome! I am also very glad you’re letting yourself rest when it’s not due to a cataclysmic event. Although this is the MO of most mothers, mothers should know (or remember from when they were children) that their children want them to rest sometimes. Many of your readers should know that you don’t take vacations like other people.

In fact, you don’t take vacations at all. What people think are your vacations are actually supercharged work events where you are creating a course or writing a book – things most people need a vacation after completing. I’m glad you’re letting yourself rest as a form of loving yourself.

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