{"id":17497,"date":"2021-10-01T13:56:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T18:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=17497"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T21:00:05","slug":"its-ok-to-take-a-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/its-ok-to-take-a-break\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s OK to Take a Break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Devon Price<\/a>, a social psychologist (they are the best!) and author of the book, Laziness Does Not Exist<\/a><\/em>, reminds us that we don\u2019t have to \u201cearn our right to exist. We're fine and beautiful and completely lovable when we're just sitting on the couch just breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This quote made me think of my colleagues (and students) who are doing some heavy lifting post-Hurricane Ida and in Surge 4 COVID to keep up with their courses, advise their students, and be insightful in committee meetings. It\u2019s a lot, and it\u2019s all too easy to fall into the trap of \u201cif I am not working this very moment, I am not _________ (successful\/effective\/professional\/committed\/worthy). You fill in the blank. But that kind of thinking leads to burnout (or as I describe in a previous post of mine, job-related depression<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, Price argues that feeling \u201clazy\u201d shouldn\u2019t always be viewed as a deficit; instead, it might be your body telling you that you need a break!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So find time to do just that. Take a break, slow down, enjoy some nature, savor some you-time. Do this to model it for colleagues who look up to you. Do this to model it for your students (who feel like they aren\u2019t really studious unless they are stressed out). Do this for your friends and families who care about you. But mainly, do it for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

NPR\u2019s Life Kit<\/a> has some good information about avoiding burnout and other topics related to well-being. I highly recommend you check it out. You can subscribe and get their newsletter delivered right to your inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ok, I\u2019m going to go take a break now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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