You Don’t Have to Earn Rest — You Have to Plan for It
For as long as I can remember, my birthday week has been sacred. Non-negotiable. Time off.
I still remember my 29th birthday. I had to work on my birthday because I had just started a new job the week before and didn’t have any PTO accrued yet.
I cried all morning as I got ready for work. I don’t care how that sounds. I didn’t want to spend my birthday working and I felt like it was setting me up for a hard year. And that was a hard year.
That was the year I decided: never again. I’m not working on my birthday again.
Slowing Down Isn’t Losing Momentum — It’s Gaining Clarity
As I was preparing to launch something new, I ran out of steam.
Let me take a step back. I had a goal in mind. I knew my target audience and the problem I wanted to solve.
I had a strategy, a plan, a workflow, and a schedule. And I was on track.
But then I ran out of steam. That was something I didn’t plan for.