Last week I had a ton of work I needed to get done; I was absolutely swamped. Having no idea how I was going to get everything done, I knew that I would have to put in long hours over the weekend if I was to make some headway on my projects.
Then the weekend came and Freedom told me not to.
It was an interesting experience. I forgot about all of the work I had to do for that entire weekend, focusing only on myself and my own well-being. This greatly reduced my stress and fatigue, and as a result I went back to work on Monday and looking at my to-do list, which seemed to have been cut in half.
It wasn't actually cut in half, of course, because none of the work on it got done. However, being able to step out of the grind and re-engergize allowed me to dive in on Monday and complete tasks at record speeds, ultimately finishing more work on Monday and Tuesday than I probably would have completed if I had worked Sautrday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday without that break.
Never forget how important time off can be, and listen to your body when it tells you it needs rest.
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