Permission to Recharge

The message that I have received this week is “Slow down. Life is not an emergency. You must take time to refill your tank and or will run out of gas on the highway.”

It’s a message that we’ve all heard but rarely apply. We know our phones won’t work unless we charge them, so why do we think we can keep going without ever taking a break?

It’s time to change our ways.

There just always seem like so much to do and not enough time to get it done. The problem that we must face and accept, however, is that there will always be things to do.

You will never really be caught up. This fantasy has had me chasing my tail for a long time. I continue thinking, “If I just do a couple more things, then I’ll be good. Then I’ll feel caught up and be able to relax.”  

You can guess what happens because there’s a good chance it happens to you too.

You must make an effort to do less. You can’t do it all. Choose what’s important and focus on those things.

We must start giving ourselves permission to refuel as often as needed (myself included).  Everyone will refuel and recharge in different ways.

What recharges you?

 For you, it might be spending quiet time by yourself. For someone else, it might be playing with their kids.  Maybe it’s a girls’ night out.  

But whatever it is that it takes for you to feel refreshed and recharged, you need to make the time to do it as surely as you need to stop to put gas in your car.

If you are a scheduler, pencil in some time to rejuvenate TODAY. You deserve it. You don’t just deserve it. You require it.  It isn’t selfish or foolish. It’s necessary.