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What If You Started Your Work With… Rest?
I made a mistake the other day. I was supposed to be off on Saturday. Completely off — I said to myself. One day off a week is an absolute minimum.
So I was not even planning to write — just wanted to check emails in the morning and then stop caring for the rest of the day. But… the email I opened contained a gig offer that I didn’t want to miss. I went online to send my proposal, just to learn that I also needed to write up a sample text to be able to apply. So I spent an hour or so working on the sample. Meanwhile, I got a notification on Facebook. Checked my Medium stats. Noted down some writing ideas that I really didn’t want to forget…
And so I got carried away for a couple of hours by all the small tasks that were even pleasant, but certainly kept my mind far from the relaxed state I was intending for. Finally, at some point, I remembered it was my day off and I managed to kick myself out to go for a walk.
First, I felt a bit annoyed that I didn’t take full advantage of my opportunity to rest for the whole day. But as I was walking, I realized that I didn’t need to see it as a mistake to have done some work on my day off. Instead, I chose to perceive it as a lesson, thanks to which I am now able to share what I am sharing.
