You can’t give what you don’t have

My email vacation setting was on for a whole week.

I spent quality time with family, chosen and not, and only have one picture to prove it because instead of documenting, I chose presence.

I read two novels.

I watched a movie.

I played in my wildflowers.

I implemented new disconnection practices around less phone time, especially in the morning and at night.

I took long walks every day without music or a podcast playing, just me, my thoughts, and of course, three little dogs and a stroller (a dog one).

I rested.

I was present.

I refilled.

The work waited for me.

And the work will be better served because I took a break.

Because you can’t give what you don’t have.