SMR Day Seventeen - Your Work is Not Your Worth
One of the loveliest things about being an entrepreneur is not having to ask anyone's permission when you need to rest.
One of the hardest things about being an entrepreneur is giving yourself the permission.
I had a strong sense about a year ago, that I needed to shut down and rest, but as is so like me, I did the opposite: I doubled down, invested more and worked harder.
Last week, when I found myself buying two tubs of ice cream and eating them both, I knew it as the first horseman of my personal apocalypse.
So I stopped, and I asked my little body if it could have anything other than ice cream and grilled cheese, what would it be?
❤️ To go back to bed.
❤️ To go to the mountains.
❤️ To write words next to running water.
What’s so hard about that?
Well, when your gremlins say you’re only valuable if you’re producing something, going back to bed is impossible, which is why I don't do it.
But this time I did and I think Jesus was right there, saying “that’s right darling, you don’t have to do one more thing to be worth loving."
When I rest, I remember that.
I remember my work and my worth are not the same thing, and nobody but the enemy, defending his turf in my head, says they are.
So August the month of rest.
I’m shutting down Facebook ads, not taking new clients, and only opening my computer to write words next to a river somewhere.
You’re welcome to join me whatever that looks like for you.
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Last week, my therapist quoted Martha Beck, and we laughed because Martha Beck is way more my lane than hers, but Martha has some smart things to say about deep work and deep rest.⠀
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There is a time for both and each depends on the other.⠀
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August is about deep rest because I want to bring deep work in the fall. ⠀
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Join me?⠀