One less hour of sleep last night but I caught up on the couch with a little nap. I was not willing to wait until fall to regain that rest. So today begins after several cups of coffee, a crepe, a nap, and a shower. It may be a day where nothing of note gets done except a walk and blog post. That’s okay with me. It is one of the things I am learning as I let go of my past career to embrace an unknown future. Resting, relaxing, and recharging was not in my vocabulary. If I wasn’t at the office or out with clients, I was cleaning house, working on a project at home, exercising as if it was something to accomplish (rather than something to enjoy), or otherwise making sure that I was never, ever quiet. I had heard that the cycle of rest is just as important as the cycle of production, maybe more so, but I did not really believe it. True, I mouthed the words, “even God rested on the seventh day”, but I did not rest, I did not think I had time to rest. I did not see that resting expands time. I am letting go of a perfectly clean house and a perfectly ordered world, changing from my 25 years of work-work-work and learning a process of work-rest-work.
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