🛌 Day 7: Make Rest the Reason vs. the Recovery
You Don’t Have to Earn It to Deserve It
Let’s end this series with a truth most of us were never taught:
Rest isn’t a luxury. It’s your birthright.
You don’t have to earn it. You don’t have to crash to justify it. You get to rest because you’re alive.
The final self-care hack is this:
Make rest the reason, not the recovery.
Not the crash-after-the-crisis kind.
Not the guilt-soaked, “I should be doing more” kind.
I’m talking about intentional, unapologetic, soul-deep rest—before you burn out.
Here’s how to start:
Before your next task, ask:
What would make this feel softer?
Then, when you finish that task—even if it’s something small—reward yourself with rest.
Take a nap.
Lie on the floor and do nothing.
Put on your favorite playlist and just vibe.
Stare out the window with tea in hand.
Let your nervous system know it’s safe to pause.
Why it works:
This is repatterning.
You’re teaching your body that productivity doesn’t require self-abandonment.
That effort is followed by care.
That your value isn’t tied to output.
Your Micro Challenge:
Rest before you need it and build it into your day.
Put it on your calendar like a meeting with your soul.
Because you are not a machine.
You are a whole ecosystem.
And ecosystems need time to regenerate.
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Rest is the reason!! Thank you so much for all of the great support these last days! It has been eye opening for me.