Day 959 - How the body teaches rest - https://golifelog.com/posts/how-the-body-teaches-rest-1692238180728
For the past two weeks since I got off my consulting train, I've been pushing to launch a new product. I wanted to launch something new in a week. But the more I tried, the less motivated I am. The more I worked, the lazier my body became. The more I berated myself, the foggier my mind got. It's like the whole body was fighting me.
Then I chanced across a post on social media and it all came together:
> And then her body whispered... "I'm not fighting AGAINST you, I'm fighting FOR you. Through pain and tension I communicate the boundaries you never learned to set. Through fatigue and exhaustion, I give you the rest that you were never allowed to take. Through the headaches and brain fog I let you know that you are doing too much. You see, I've always been on your side, I'm just waiting for you to be on mine." – Lexy Florentina via [@somaticexperiencingint](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv55gFXsneI/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==)
I was still moving on the momentum of the past few hectic months that I couldn't stop. But my body needed to us to stop and rest. The mind needed us to lighten up and play.
They whsipered but I didn't hear. So they all conspired to teach me how, in their own unique way. By shutting things down one by one.
Until I finally got the memo.
*Ok body, mind, I got it.*
No more projects and projecting.
No more deadlines.
No more new goals.
Just rest.
And play.
Go to zero.
Do whatever it takes until they come back and whisper, "We're ready."
Then I chanced across a post on social media and it all came together:
> And then her body whispered... "I'm not fighting AGAINST you, I'm fighting FOR you. Through pain and tension I communicate the boundaries you never learned to set. Through fatigue and exhaustion, I give you the rest that you were never allowed to take. Through the headaches and brain fog I let you know that you are doing too much. You see, I've always been on your side, I'm just waiting for you to be on mine." – Lexy Florentina via [@somaticexperiencingint](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv55gFXsneI/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==)
I was still moving on the momentum of the past few hectic months that I couldn't stop. But my body needed to us to stop and rest. The mind needed us to lighten up and play.
They whsipered but I didn't hear. So they all conspired to teach me how, in their own unique way. By shutting things down one by one.
Until I finally got the memo.
*Ok body, mind, I got it.*
No more projects and projecting.
No more deadlines.
No more new goals.
Just rest.
And play.
Go to zero.
Do whatever it takes until they come back and whisper, "We're ready."