#BreakThings: Windblown
01.13.21
How do we cope when life is tumultuous? When every day you feel like you’re pushing against the wind?
It is so important that we take care of ourselves first. Burnout is avoidable.
Last night, I sat down to work for a few more hours before bed and I hit a wall. Normally, I would push through, have a soda or a Jolly Rancher to wake me up, and then dive right back in. But last night, I decided to call it.
I needed sleep. I needed a puppy snuggle. I needed to put my health first.
Today is easier as a result. Tomorrow will be easier as a result. If I hadn’t, everything this week would just have gotten harder.
So give yourself permission to rest. That’s the theme of this week.
Record numbers of women are running for and winning public office. It’s amazing to see such strides to creating better representation of our gender in the halls of government. But what spurred many women to run was opposition to Pres. Trump and his policies. How do we keep the momentum going when he leaves office?
Have you been ordering more packages during the pandemic? Me too. And I’ve really taken notice of how wasteful some of the packaging is — one giant box for one small item, massive appointments of filler and cushioning.
Vox talks about wasteful packaging and what the industry can do to alleviate the environmental impacts.
I stuck pretty hard to black and white attire this session, but I couldn’t resist this fuchsia sheath with a puff sleeve. Check out my work outfit on my blog.
Regrets. I try not to have many, but sometimes, I struggle to let them go. And with so much on my mind these days, they feel even heavier.
Wit & Delight has a thoughtful piece on developing a healthy relationship with regret. A lot of good tips in here.
Sitting all day is not good for you. It harms your body, slows your metabolism, and may even impact mental health. So I can get some standing time in each day, I added a standing desk converter (under-$100) and the best anti-fatigue mat I’ve ever used to my Amazon work shop.
Florence Griffith Joyner was an Olympic superstar and American original. She was dogged for her career by accusations she used performing enhancing drugs. But as Push Black discusses, it was all Flo-Jo, all the time.
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