Many of us are busy working, taking care of the kids, taking care of our hubby, taking care of friends, but wait you forgot someone? Do you know who you have forgotten? The one person who is the most important one...you!
Why is it so important to take time for oneself?
Plain and simple because you deserve it. Taking a break and resting makes you more resourceful. When you rest, you have more energy, you can concentrate better on the tasks that you are doing everyday. When you work yourself too much how do you feel? I know that personally I feel angry, stressed up and constantly tired, impatient and irritated. When we are in such a state we are unable to give our full attention to the people we love. Is that where you want to be? What is more important to you, doing more and feel all of the above or do less, with more quality and take care of the most important person in the world...you. For some people this concept might be one which is difficult to grasp at this moment and I understand, you probably feel selfish, but don't. This is different than being selfish, it is called self-care and self-nourishment. You need to nourish your soul and your spirit first in order to take care of the other important people in your life, you owe it to yourself and to your family.
When your children will see that you rest, and feel that you are calm, you will notice that they will be calmer including other people around you. You see, when you take care of yourself, other people start to respect you more, especially those who didn't. Why do you think that is the case? Because you have made the choice to respect yourself and therefore you send a positive energy to the universe and when you communicate with other people, they will feel it.
Resting is also good for your health. Stress and lack of rest affect our health in a negative way. Health practitioners give us all kind of other reasons, but if you will notice closely, you will see that the people that get sick the most are those who are stressed and those who miss rest. Resting helps you sleep better and relaxes all you muscles and releases the whole tension in your body which eventually will improve it. I personally noticed a big change when I started allowing myself to rest. I use to have asthma and I use to feel weak and tired and all kinds of other health issues. When I started the work on myself and resting, all of the problems disappeared. I also learned how to listen to my body's signals and its messages.
O.k. that is all good, you might be saying, but how do I find the time to do it? Well, what is more important? There are always solutions and many. All you have to do is use your creativity. When you really want something you always find an answer. Here is a suggestion for the very busy ones. One way is to leverage it throughout the day. Take 5 or 10 minutes every 2 hours or so. I think that if you spend at least one hour a day, it can help a lot. If you are unable to do that than spend at least 10 minutes a day. Resting is very important.
Personally, I am a person who needs a lot of rest and I will take a whole day during the week or more to rest. I like to do more quality work rather than quantity, even if it will take me longer. I work so much better when I am rested. I am fullof energy and my creativity flow runs very smoothly.
This week your assignment is to find time within your day to rest. If you have other ideas about it that you would like to share with other mothers, than leave me a comment in the box below and I will share it in one of my blogs. I love to hear form you.
Galit.
