Joyful Business Blog: Refueling

Refueling....

When I planned my August calendar, I planned in refueling time. What I was thinking in my grand mind was that this would be a great time to have a slower schedule. Use the open space to create new products and write articles. Redesign that program. Write the top ten lists. Finish up writing that e-course.

What I realize is that I need is down time. Pure down time. Reading, sleeping, sitting, being, puttering.....just watching the humming birds buzz by and drink the sweet red nectar.

This is what I need AFTER I took two weeks off? It's the 'ol vacation from the vacation.

So, we all know this happens. We go on vacation, have a great time, eat too much, drink too much, ride lots of rollercoasters, swim for hours in the hot sun....then we come back home and expect to jump right into the routine again. Except for that fact that we're tired, our bodies aren't exactly feeling nourished (I know mine is feeling a bit sluggish - why do I choose the cheese sticks over the salad on vacation? This is a whole other article!).

Logically I know that I'm tired and the thought of pushing myself to create something fabulous - or much of anything, well, I could but I think my writing might have an edge that is screaming...I really want to be napping! (can you feel it here?)

The rub is my "internal fire"...that part of me that is always lit up and wanting to "do something". That internal fire just doesn't let go. It feels like a bronco rider at a rodeo saying, "C'mon, let's go, ride 'em harder! You've had a vacation, now let's get going!"

My rest time becomes conflicted with those inner thoughts of "work harder".

I know awareness is the first step. Just by being able to step back and be aware of how I am pushing myself allows me to well, choose to stop pushing.

It's also about surrendering. Letting go. Let go that I have to redesign a project right now, today. Surrendering to what my body says it needs...good food, a walk, and more humming bird watching.

Trust that it will happen. Trust myself that I really know what I need. Trusting that THIS IS working on my business. THIS IS the beginning stages of nurturing creativity.

My body needs rest - true refueling - that is the path to creativity.

What I know is that when I stop and truly rest and nurture myself....the internal fire shifts and it becomes a smoldering hot ember that is hot and firey without being out of control and then I easily create and enjoy the process.

Of course, there is the method of just writing what is true. What's in my heart. Remembering that my struggles, lessons, learnings, and celebrations of being an entrepreneur, mother, and wife are similiar to yours. Like I just did.

That was easy.

Heartfully,

Laura