Being a rockstar- a true self love rockstar, feels like it’s all about playing full out and setting high standards for ourselves. This makes life fun, exciting, and helps us thrive and fully embody our own brilliance. Sometimes though… more often than not, that lifestyle can create a “Go! Go! Go!” mentality where we don’t really stop, breathe, and reflect.
Life is all about balance. Working all the time isn’t so great and playing all the time isn’t either. Even if we love what we do for work… taking a break (especially for you entrepreneurs out there) is essential to increasing success. When we take a break to be present and stop for just a moment throughout the day- the difference in our quality of life and in the rest of our productivity is measurable.
What kinds of things am I talking about? It can be as simple and small as stopping and taking a deep breath periodically throughout the day. It can be rejuvenating with nature by going for a walk/run. Taking a break can happen connecting with friends or family, or even watching a funny movie to replenish our inner cups.
When we do things totally unrelated to work, even if only for a few hours, we come back to work refreshed and with new ideas. It helps us flow downstream instead of fighting the current in terms of ideas, solutions, and overall success in both our personal and professional lives.
This weekend I did my typical wrap up Friday evening from the week- carrying forward the tasks I didn’t have a chance to complete and organizing them for Monday. Then I did not open my computer until Sunday night (now at 9 pm). I DID NOT OPEN IT ONCE!
Sometimes I am bubbling over with ideas and can’t wait to get to work, but this weekend I really enjoyed spending time with family and having “me” time. I even took a bath! Maybe that doesn’t seem like a big deal, but with 3 kids it’s a big deal to squeeze in a bath!
The point is that now I have more to give- to work… to myself… to my husband… to my children… and to the world.
Meghan Trainor has a great song “I love me” that I play around the house so the kids can hear it and get used to being self love rockstars too… I never grew up hearing that we should love ourselves first- I grew up thinking that was selfish! Now I know better… when we nurture ourselves first, our own proverbial cups overflow and we can serve others.
Part of filling our cups comes from not pushing or “doing” all the time. Even if it’s challenging. Take a break! Even if you aren’t comfortable with a whole weekend or whole day, take an hour or two.
The challenge for the next week is to take a break (in your own way). Commit to giving yourself some time to focus on things other than work. Share with us what you are doing and we can support each other. Giddy up rockstars!
