“Courage is knowing what not to fear.” – Plato
I struggle with having days where I’m not “doing anything.” It happens to me because my job requires me to be busy 24/7 it feels like. I am an elementary school teacher, and there is rarely a dull moment while I am at work. From teaching to planning meetings, I am going from the beginning to the end of the day. Then in the summer I don’t traditionally work, so I have to retrain my brain. I go from being busy all day to having to plan out what I am going to do that day. While it is freeing to be on summer break, it can also be exhausting because I want to make sure my day is productive. At the same time, I need to rest from the busy school year. There are days when I take time to rest, but I feel guilty about it. I feel like I need to be productive all day. I fear that I am wasting my summer. I have learned that rest is nothing to fear. Rest is something my body needs in order to be able to be productive. I now think of rest as productive.
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