Respite
Respite We all need a break. Some of us more than others, and sometimes more than we ourselves would like. It's that longing feeling that strikes early morning or late at night. It strikes during a task you'd rather not do, or one you know you should love but can't quite seem to. It's not depression, and it not necessarily lasting. It does however always suck. There's advice out there about taking stock of these feelings and planning a holiday or something to look forward to. And there's advice out there about processing why we have those feelings and doing something about it. For me, the latter is much more successful because it's aligned with both gratitude journaling and cognitive behaviour therapy. Both of which have quite the vigorous research backing. Why then is the first so strikingly appealing? Why did you immediately visualize a trip to the beach, or a walk in the bush, or a nice meal at a bougie restaurant? So powerful is our motivation when we s