The Most Productive Thing I Did This Week Was Nothing
Last week I wrote about feeling blah , that heavy, unmotivated feeling that shows up sometimes even when nothing is technically wrong. I wanted to follow up on that because I realized something important: sometimes what we actually need isn’t motivation… it’s alone time. Last Sunday, for the first time in a while, we didn’t have soccer games. My boys were at their dad’s, and I intentionally planned the entire day as a ME day . My goal was simple: do nothing. Now, I still kept my promise to myself to move my body, so I worked out. But after that? I put my sweats back on and gave myself permission to just exist. I read. I watched TV. I meditated. I rested. What I didn’t do was my to-do list. No laundry. No cleaning. No catching up. No productivity. Life is always busy. There is always something to clean, organize, respond to, plan, or finish. The list truly never ends. And for me, being home usually means I’m doing something — or at least feeling like I should be doing som...