Saturday, January 3, 2009

New Perspectives with Rest....

Over the past 6 months I made conscious efforts on several fronts of personal growth to develop discipline in certain areas. During Christmas break I realized there's another discipline that I need to engage in, one that I need to practice regularly and that's the discipline of "Rest. Rest is something that I tend to avoid mostly because of my highly addictive personality and "need" to stay busy. But I realized over Christmas break that with focused rest I come back more refreshed. I used to view rest as sitting around doing nothing and eating non-stop.

Over Christmas I did it a little differently. Previous vacations I would work while others were napping or late at night while people were asleep. It was semi-productive, but not restful. This vacation I actually did not work....novel idea I know.

The upsides over the first few days back at work are tremendous. Stepping back I actually see things a little bit differently after disengaging for a few days. If you're like me, you can't turn it off....you don't go home and stop the work because of the time of day. Rest is truly a discipline and was a struggle, but the benefits are incredible. Sounds crazy, but for me rest is hard work!!