The idea of a pause or spending time NOT doing anything feels foreign in our current culture, but not allowing ourselves to take a minute to stop and regroup can be detrimental. At some point, if you don’t pause intentionally, you may be forced to pause against your will. The reality of life is that our bodies and brains are not created to never stop, rest, and recharge. If you think you can run full-speed, every day with no plan to stop, you are bound to be disappointed when you realize that isn’t true.

Unfortunately, sometimes I get stuck at the starting point. One of the reasons that happens is that I add so many more "things" to my life and schedules than I subtract. Whether its a social event, a meeting, a work or school project, or just something I want to watch on Netflix, every single one of those things adds to my mental load. It's the end of March and Q1 for 2025 which makes it a great time to ask some questions of myself and see where I am.