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The Dignity of Being Tired: Give Yourself a Break
Description
Why is it so hard to say I am tired? Tiredness is not a weakness. It is your body telling you something honest, and ignoring it was never a strategy.
When I was Mayor of Truro there were days I had nothing left at all. I cannot feel anything from the chest down and I have autonomic dysreflexia, so my body signals things differently to yours. I took a couple of days and genuinely stopped. That beats soldiering on and taking three days over a one day job, every time.
One thing to try: Sit and ask one question. What do I need right now? Then actually act on the answer.
In this episode
- (0:03) Mayor of Truro, and the days there was nothing left
- (1:52) Autonomic dysreflexia, and how my body tells me things
- (3:47) Why is it wrong to say you need time off?
- (5:07) Putting it on Facebook and hoping there is enough goodwill
- (6:55) Tiredness is not a weakness, it is honest information
- (8:33) What the waves in the brain turned out to be
- (10:21) Two days off, properly stopping, and the cabin idea
- (11:57) A one day job, done in one day, instead of three
The companion meditation: Permission to Rest: A meditation for time out
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