It’s been a different few weeks for this gal. Different in one major way. I have had time to rest.
If you have followed this blog much or have known me for a decent amount of time, you know that I have a tendency to be overbooked. To work too hard. Do too much. Say yes to too many things. In short, I have an unhealthy friendship with busyness. It’s ironic that I usually am never sure whether that word is spelled with a ‘y’ or an ‘i’, making it ‘business.’ Ironic because often times those two words can be synonymous in my world. When I first started MFP, I was definitely a little bit of a workaholic. I justified late nights because it was my passion and because you have to do that as a start-up, right? Well, that may be true, but as time as gone on, my busyness has gotten me often times into a little bit of trouble. This was especially true last summer when I did 15 weddings in 16 weeks. While I loved it, I was bordering BURN OUT! Those two words that we never like to consider.
Well, because God knows me better than I know myself and knows what I need, He surpassed my tendency for over-booking and orchestrated an unintended break. A two and a half month break actually. Not from work entirely, of course, but from weddings. Yep, because January and February are typical off months for weddings and probably more significantly because I serve a God who cares for me, I have a good season off. While it has felt foreign to this ‘chaos loving gal,’ it has been good for my soul. I have had time for relationships. I’ve actually been READING!!! (can’t remember the last time that happened). I’ve been taking walks and exercising. Cooked a few times! Going to even travel internationally! And most importantly, I have been resting and refocusing. My wedding season starts full speed in March and won’t really stop until August so there will be plenty of time for work…but today, well today I am learning what it looks like to breathe. To break. And to just be.
I hope that you remember to break every once in a while. To set boundaries and to take care of yourself. It’s worth it.
Happy Friday!
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