Give Yourself a Break - Take a Vacation

by Vered Neta

I have a theory that once we complete high school, time begins to move faster.
My sister, (with a PhD behind her), tends to agree with me on this. Her view is that it has something to do with the earth getting closer to the sun or something along those lines. As a result, there are only 40 minutes available in every hour...

I developed my theory when I noticed that as kids it used to take forever before the commencement of the summer vacation, and it seemed like forever, before we started the vacation again.

Nowadays, we have hardly had time to recover from the previous summer vacation before we find ourselves once again facing another one.
The summer vacation begins to resemble a kind of survival trip, between occupational war zones.

In essence, we have lost our ability to see the benefits and the importance of taking a break.
Once we finish our formal schooling, our professional commitments seem to keep us totally pre-occupied and 'busy', the whole year through.

There seems to be no more time to relax, play or just do nothing like we did when we were kids during school vacation.

Let's examine this concept of vacation.
Have you ever noticed that your best ideas come out when you are in the shower?
Or that you become increasingly insightful as each day of the vacation passes by?

This concept has relation as to which function of our brain we use.

Normally we utilize our analytical functions, which assist us with analysis, memory and thought.
Because our culture is so overwhelmingly preoccupied with the exchange of information, the majority of time is spent in this analytical mode of operation, to the point of overdose whereby we actually live from our neck up.

Alternatively, we can use our creative, intuitive functions, which are made available to us when we let go, relax, and begin to live 'in the moment'.

Using these functions of our brain we become more creative and productive, invariably creating a better and more constructive frame of mind, which we refer to as a 'good mood'.
It is easy for us to access these functions of our brain when we are in (and after) a relaxed period of time.

Quite simply stated - taking a break means taking care of your needs.
And taking care of your needs does not mean neglecting the people around you.
On the contrary, it allows you to give more to your loved ones, your customers, your employees, or to whom ever you come into contact with.

Self-care builds the foundation for a life balanced with productive work and fulfilling relationships.
Self-care leads you to attain your life's purpose.

While each of us needs to identify what our self-care entails, the most important shift is in your attitude.
You need to give yourself permission to focus on YOU first.

So, this time, when the kids have their school vacation, how about you, too, taking a break from everything.

Give yourself the permission to take time just for yourself.

I encourage you... I urge you... to take the time to practice EXTREME SELF CARE.

Take your summer vacation now!

See you when you're back...

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