This week was a busy one for me. Specifically, work was very fast paced and stressful. I put a lot of hours in on the main job which took away from project Freedom and writing here on adagia.
By Friday I was mentally drained. I didn't realize how tired I was until I finally had a chance to de-stress on Saturday. I usually meditate in the afternoon when I can. I have an app called Brain.Fm that provides guided and unguided meditation. I usually meditate for 15 minutes and then I'm back to whatever I need to do. However, on Saturday, I did the 15 minute meditation and was out for the next 2 hours. I needed rest.
I don't consider rest (or occasional napping) as a waste of time at all. In fact, A lot of growth happens during periods of rest. The body, mind and soul, (the trifecta of the human experience), are all rejuvenated and re-energized.
After I woke up, I worked on Project Freedom and made it through Lesson 8 which was all about email marketing, and setting up email follow ups. The course provides some "done for you" email templates with proven headlines and copy, which I reviewed and and added to GetResponse, the email software tool I'm using. Progress.
Today is Easter Sunday, so I took the day to be with family. My wife and I also had our inaugural bike ride of the season. It was a beautiful sunny 70 degree day in Michigan. Nothing energizes me more than being active outdoors in the sun.
Overall, the theme of the weekend was rest. Now, I look into the eyes of another week ahead and say bring it on!
By Friday I was mentally drained. I didn't realize how tired I was until I finally had a chance to de-stress on Saturday. I usually meditate in the afternoon when I can. I have an app called Brain.Fm that provides guided and unguided meditation. I usually meditate for 15 minutes and then I'm back to whatever I need to do. However, on Saturday, I did the 15 minute meditation and was out for the next 2 hours. I needed rest.
I don't consider rest (or occasional napping) as a waste of time at all. In fact, A lot of growth happens during periods of rest. The body, mind and soul, (the trifecta of the human experience), are all rejuvenated and re-energized.
After I woke up, I worked on Project Freedom and made it through Lesson 8 which was all about email marketing, and setting up email follow ups. The course provides some "done for you" email templates with proven headlines and copy, which I reviewed and and added to GetResponse, the email software tool I'm using. Progress.
Today is Easter Sunday, so I took the day to be with family. My wife and I also had our inaugural bike ride of the season. It was a beautiful sunny 70 degree day in Michigan. Nothing energizes me more than being active outdoors in the sun.
Overall, the theme of the weekend was rest. Now, I look into the eyes of another week ahead and say bring it on!
Or were you able to sustain your sleep schedule m-f and required that nap come the weekend simply because work was that intense even without sleep loss?