GM Nostr. 🌞

Holiday with the family starting tomorrow.

I've always had a lot of trouble taking time off. I'm sure many of you can relate. I love what I get to call "work". It's intellectually stimulating, aligned to my values, and feels generally important in the "build the future you want to live" sort of way.

But, I've found that if I'm not careful, that satisfaction and feeling of doing something meaningful can quickly become a crutch that I use to avoid doing other things that are as meaningful (or more!) but that don't quite give me the same types of satisfaction.

Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with my family, but it's easy to convince yourself that other stuff is more important or more urgent. I mean, your family is always going to be there right?! (p.s. - this is obviously not true)

It's something I've been consciously working on the last few years. It's so hard for me but I've been forcing myself to nearly entirely switch off the work stuff for a few weeks a year. And you know what? I always come back with new ideas and more clarity about what I'm working on and why. Sounds trite and cliche, I know. But it's true.

So, here's to normalizing taking some time off and not constantly hustling.