Sarala Life — Life in Chapters: Careers, Canines, Cabernet & Courage

For a long time my body and mind did not know how to process a day without work, a deadline, a project or task or even some high intensity exercise …a ‘lazy’ day.

My body was caught in burn out and survival mode which in itself meant I had to keep going, to be able to keep going.

It took many months to re-condition myself to see ‘rest’ days as a routine part of life – not a reward or some strange alien concept and to re learn how to just sit with myself, read, watch a movie or do whatever (or nothing) I deemed self care that day.

I’m not quite at feeling rested yet but I see the benefit of days softly spent now- ‘rot days’ in my body, mind and on my family. You can 100% be productive in a rest day as long as it is something that brings you overall joy and nourishes you instead of depleting you.

It’s sad that we have to work towards understanding ‘rest’ today but I now believe that no one will re-charge you, hold you, re-fuel you and give you grace, like yourself.

Lazy days are productive whatever it looks like for you. For me, it may be Pilates, an everything shower, a glass of wine and a book or moving from my bed to the sofa with a day of movies and tea and doggy snuggles.