Get into Rhythm!

I am 45, almost 46 years old. And while I do believe age is just a number, there are also many considerations that need to be taken into account for me. For example, to function at my best, I need to sleep more than 5 hours now. Gone are the days of getting by on 2am lights out. I don’t think I ever really functioned that well like that anyways. I must sleep 9 hours. I need a day of rest, complete rest, every 7 to 10 days. I am most productive and creative in the morning. I need to have fun and go do things with my family and friends every week or I start to feel bored and stifled. This is just who I am. This is how I function at my best.

So, what do you care?

Well, I’m sure that no matter what age you are, or what season of life you are in, you have needs and requirements as well. They require time away from working, from doing, from producing. We live in such a fast paced, social media driven, fake perfection bubble, that as women we often can feel less-than if we cant run in 6th gear all day. We are pushed and driven by ourselves (by our inner critic) to go, go, go. In my recent journey, I have cried out to my husband so many times, “how am I supposed to do all this AND sleep 9 hours!?!?!?!” Angry - angry at myself for failing, angry at myself for not being able to just run, run, run! Angry that I can’t finish this or finish that fast enough.

So I want to offer that if we can begin to get in tune, get in rhythm with our bodies, with our minds, with our SOULS, then we can begin to walk in peace. We can begin to lay down the swords we shove through our bodies to punish ourselves and walk free. We were not designed to produce, produce, produce. Whatever that looks like for you, I want to promise you its ok to lay some things down. Its ok to let some things not get done.  In order to live long and healthy we need to work in a rhythm with our bodies. Work WITH ourselves, not against.

I don’t know what that looks like for you. Maybe the house gets cleaned once a week instead of every day. Maybe the kids get a bath every other night. I promise they won’t die. Maybe you publish that blog once a week instead of twice a week.

The world won’t fall apart, but you just may come back together.

Practice this week. Say no to the pressure. Say yes to your bodies rhythm.

Love ya babe.