[๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐] ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐โฃ
๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ
[๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐] ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐โฃ
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(๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต: ๐ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ)โฃ
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Rain is coming. Itโs not going to sort out the drought because when rain falls on the dry ground it slides off rather than sinking in and causes flooding. This is like rest for me. If iโve had a rest drought when I eventually rest I end up not being able to do anything at all. Iโm flooded with all the hormones that have been built up behind the barrier, or thatโs how it seems.โฃ
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There are lots of ways of resting. Yoga and meditation, hanging out with friends, cooking. Reading, watching TV. Thereโs a book called Burnout that suggests if youโve been working really hard and you suddenly stop that can be difficult, and sometimes you need a job like sanding and varnishing a table, knitting something for your nephews, etc. as the โmethadoneโ program, to slowly wean you on to proper rest.โฃ
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I get my resting kicks from doing an online shop. I hate supermarket shopping in real life, itโs an underestimated challenge, not only do you have to meal plan and make a list, you then have to rewrite it in order of whatโs where in the shop. Or else you will inevitably forget stuff. I feel like Iโm getting away with something when doing a Tesco shop online. Iโm interested in food and cooking, always have been. Nigella Lawson says sheโs greedy and I relate to that.โฃ
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Hopefully, I can move through the active rest stage to the actual rest stage. Iโm very bad at taking holidays, Iโve taken 1 week off from my business/midwifery since 2014 but my days at home writing are slower than midwifery in the hospital (how could they be anything else) so I always think they barely count. โฃ
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I have a good friend whoโs moving in around the corner and is currently pregnant. We used to do yoga together. Maybe we still could. Sheโs an NHS person too. Perhaps we could learn how to actually rest together, something I hear is essential when you have a kid, as they learn from you, and no one wants an overtired and over wired baby. And here I am again. I always end up learning the most from people becoming parents. โฃโฃ
All my best,
Ellie
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