Stopping is a learned skill

[hundun]

I find that I automatically resist the idea of "taking a break." But it is time, and I think it feels good.

I'm too bound up in the feeling of "being useful." I feel that I always have to be doing something, even if that thing is a waste of time.

And so I would take time off, but keep busy, often doing things that I don't really enjoy. In this way, I

Comments

[sciencequeen]

Wow I'm totally the same way. I get very uncomfortable any time I stop doing things. To the point where I pack my breaks between semesters full of running around seeing people and traveling around, etc.

make tea.

[bloodykitty]

i love lying on the couch and reading.

it is a family tradition.

i'm practically an expert.