A lot’s happened lately.

And a lot more is coming up.

And it all feels fast.  Too fast.

For Christmas, executive leadership at the non-profit where I work gave everyone on staff a gift certificate to a local spa – and a bonus vacation day to use it.

Tomorrow I’m using mine.  Opening up a full four days off.  Plenty of time to read, breathe, stretch, recoup, and get the prettiest nails that you ever did see.

It wasn’t too long ago that I held on to the deep belief that getting it done meant digging in until it hurt.  Pounding, scraping, and scratching endlessly to exhaustion.

Now, I find that loving myself enough to know when it’s simply time to stop in order to start, works much better.