[Written during my year-end vacation]

How is your transition going as you start the New Year? I am fortunate enough to have an extended transition period to mid-January to slowly slide into the start of activities in the New Year. So I decided to write on the topic of rest and relaxation. What I am noticing is how important it is to have time and a place to unwind completely. Do we allow ourselves that ‘luxury’? Our belief might be that we must remain dutiful and ‘busy’ or risk everything falling apart. Sometimes we don’t actually know how to relax as we maintain a constant state of low to high-grade activity laced with anxiety and worry. Hyper-busyness is a defense against slowing to the deeper feelings and states that exist underneath the restless surface.