Being Busy is NOT Your Purpose.
Hi my friend,
Raise your hand if you love to be busy...
🙋🏻♀️ (me)
Raise your hand if you feel being busy means you are productive...
🙋🏻♀️ (me)
Raise your hand if you have a hard time slowing down and resting...
🙋🏻♀️ (me)
We live in a society that feels like it often values productivity and DOING.
So I don't know about you, but I feel a constant pull DO more.
And that constant pull leaves me feeling overwhelmed and often exhausted as I work toward checking things off a never-ending list of things I get to do.
Have you ever felt that?
I want to remind you (and myself) today that we are human beings, not human doings.
My friend, busy is not your purpose.
How does that land with you?
Whisper it to yourself: busy is not my purpose.
I have been on a journey of healing my relationship to rest and allowing myself to have slow days and take breaks throughout the day.
It's still hard to do because it has been hardwired into my brain that busy = productive.
I've come to realize that rest is an important part of the whole equation.
We can rest AND still accomplish the things we believe are important for us to put into the world.
We can rest AND still show up as the person we strive to be for ourselves and the people closest to us.
I find I feel soooo much better when I incorporate rest and allow myself to slow down.
Think about what rest might look like for you, write it down, and give it a try this week.
Highly recommend laying down on the ground outside for a while — 10/10
Sit with this quote
"you have never shamed the waves
for not arriving on the ocean shore
any sooner than they were meant to.
and you have never looked above you
to guilt the cloud for taking her time
as she crosses the noonday sky.
you simply accept that she must travel
at the pace she needs to.
oh,
what a difference it would make
if you gave yourself the same grace."
- Morgan Harper Nichols
Journal Prompts for you on slowing down 📓
How does it feel to rest and slow down?
What happens when you let yourself take a break?
If busy is not your purpose, then what is?
Guided Meditation of the Week ✨
I created a meditation for you to slow down.
I believe the only way forward is by going inward first. Sometimes, we need to take a step back to step forward.
I hope this encourages you to reflect and strive to slow down more often.
Sending love this week,
Eileen Rose
P.S. I'd love to hear what your purpose is (if not being busy). Reply to this email!
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