It?s okay to give yourself a break.
This is something I?ve been reminded of over and over again since the beginning of the year. In a recent newsletter, I shared my struggles with injury and overtraining and opened up about why I decided to take a big old exercise break starting in January 2018. It felt so wrong to do that at the start of a brand new year, let me tell you! I was so nervous to send that newsletter issue out, but the response was fantastic, and many of you said you?d been going through something similar. It never ceases to amaze me how supportive this community is!
The themes of my year have been self-care, healing, and gentle movement while I work through some ongoing health issues, and so far I?ve been sticking with them. Sometimes I feel guilty that I?m not doing ?enough?, as it?s easy to get caught up in fitspo or the latest workout fads on Instagram. It seems like others are always working harder or in better shape. Same goes for career stuff. It?s just too easy to get sucked into that mindset of feeling like there are always 10 things I could fix, or that I?m always 10 steps behind where I ?should? be. Hello, rat race! And I?ve realized that buying into that means that I?ll never be happy with where I am. It?s awesome to have goals, but feeling like I?m always behind (especially when I?m trying to make positive changes in other areas in my life) isn?t a relaxing way to live. A lovely reader named Amanda commented recently, saying, ?…part of the ...