On the ability to take a break

If resilience requires resting to regain energy, when are we even resting?

This post’s a little more personal, a little more touchy-feely, which is why I’m putting it behind the paywall. Lots of thoughts on Substack this time of year about the benefits of a paywall in today’s rife-with-rage online commentary. I’m building a supportive and collaborative, forward-progress-minded and wine-loving community back here, and I hope you’ll consider joining.

For the past year, I’ve been re-training my inner dialogue to build back my own resiliency; attempting to teach myself to be able to feel calm, content, secure, worthy, and joyful. Those five words have been my mantra through 2024, specifically chosen because I realized with a thud of dread some time in 2023 that I lived pretty incessantly in the wholly opposite space.