Taking Breaks When Needed

I can’t stress this enough…

It is unbelievable how many people connect working hard and tirelessly with virtue or goodness or what they just have to do. Practicing self-care and getting enough sleep is akin to goodness because it enables us to be at our best to be there for others and inspire them. It’s a roundabout way to be productive, and may even enhance the quality and creativity of our work in the meantime.

I always think these days that when I felt about to be burnt out, I should take time off. I should give myself a mini-vacation, a time to mind wander and rest and regenerate into my best self. There is no shame in that. There is a virtue. It is the way we treat ourselves with dignity.

I wish people thought like this and could relate to my life goal of becoming happy. It’s a wonderful goal since if we are successfully able to become happy, we can enable others to follow in our footsteps and become happy themselves. We can support others and help them grow into the self-actualized people they are meant to be.

My anxiety comes from being stuck or limited in my ability to change and adapt to changing circumstances or finding myself stuck or too stubborn to follow better habits for the benefit of my health and wellness. I worry that over time if I stop caring enough or can’t get myself to care at all, I enable my innate personality to sabotage my chance at excelling in life.

When we are fighting against ourselves and vices that we feel we are forced to live with, since we are unyielding to change in order to achieve betterment and progress, everything seems bleak. One big part of depression is getting stuck in these holes unable to claw our way out, worrying about ourselves and the state of our lives at this moment. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy since exactly the actions we need to take to get well are the ones that are so far out of reach.

If I find myself depressed, I let myself feel it, so I know how important it is to take action. Sometimes the action seems impossible to take, due to how we are feeling, a lack of hope, desperation, despair, and doom-laden thoughts that overwhelm the senses. Are we trapped and do we entrap ourselves? It’s not clear as we do not feel we are the ones in control. We are a victim of vicious cycles that have gone haywire.

If we take breaks and give ourselves the opportunity to rethink, regroup, and regrow, there exists a moment when there is hope. There is a chance for betterment and improvement. We are not stuck and we can progress. At least that glimmer of hope can help us feel less doomed and more excited about life. We need breaks to give ourselves time to heal.

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