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Give Yourself Some Slack
Yesterday, I felt completely exhausted. I hadn’t been sleeping well in almost two weeks, waking up in the middle of the night once or twice. Pair that with the fact that our furnace wasn’t working properly, thus making the house a chilly 16 degrees, I didn’t want to do anything. As in, making lunch seemed too annoying to do.
At first, I leaned into snuggling on the couch under 5 blankets and a cozy cat. I happily watched TV on my phone, my head barely peaking out from underneath the warm blankets. It felt amazing to just sit and zone out for a couple of hours. I thought about all of the things I would accomplish after I relaxed for a bit, allowing my body a bit of a rest. Then, I fell asleep.
Not one to usually take naps, I let my body fall into a cozy slumber, thinking that a 30 minute nap would refresh me and leave me ready to tackle the day. Two hours later of half sleeping, I could barely get myself up off the couch. I felt lethargic and cold. I rolled over and started a show on my phone, thinking that I could wake up my brain with a little TV.
Nope. My nap was longer than it should have been to refresh me, but at the same time, I felt like it was exactly what I needed. I tried my best not to feel guilty about napping for so long during the day, for watching so much TV and doing, practically, nothing. Save for my hair appointment that morning, I…
