Permission to Rest

BEFORE STAGING

AFTER STAGING

HI all, I hope you had a fabulous week!  I finally got all the updates done and got the condo listed.  It looks amazing!  I wanted to experience professional staging and let me tell you, it was worth every penny. So now I wait.  (This is a lot like the video I did earlier on the space between). How do we mark time when we are waiting for something, in this case, to find out who will buy my condo and how fast it will sell?  Because for all my plans, I’m not going anywhere until that condo sells and I can wrap up all the paperwork.  That’s partially why I haven’t made a final decision on where I’m going to go first. I am optimistic that it will sell quickly but I’m also not counting my chickens before they hatch.  It’s definitely something I have to be mindful of, not just making use of this time wisely, but enjoying it, even though I am in suspense about the sale.  I am trusting in the universe and not worrying about it.  Saturday I did some running around and was thinking that I should visit my storage unit on Sunday and make some more progress in cleaning it out.  But as I thought that, my body responded by feeling exhausted.  So I thought about it and realized that I haven’t taken a whole day off since I started this thing.  I’ve been packing every day, making arrangements, seeing clients, running my business, moving, etc etc.  So I decided Sunday I wasn’t going to leave the house, I was going to sleep in and relax.  Not just part of the day.  ALL day.  And it felt really good!  Now, for those of you who know me, you know that I am always busy, always doing something.  I can sit still for about 30 seconds before I have to do something.  So when I contemplated going to the storage unit and felt so exhausted, it scared me.  I thought, what if I never feel like working again?  What if I never get my energy back again?  I know that’s silly and that I just need to rest, but nevertheless I still felt that way.  Do you ever get that way?  Do you push yourself through exhaustion because you fear losing momentum?  Do you feel like if you take a break it means you are lazy?  Can you give yourself permission to do nothing, accomplish nothing, and just rest?  It’s not easy, but I think it’s very important.