Getting Back Into The Groove

When life knocks you onto your butt

This week I was so motivated to work. I was feeling inspired, excited, and I had all these ideas running around my head. 

Then I got sick. 

At first I ignored it. I really wanted to work and my self imposed deadline is approaching (ah!) so I stayed at my desk, trying to focus. 

My head was pounding and I felt dizzy but something inside me kept saying, “No pain, no gain.” And while, yes, there is a concept of pushing through discomfort in order to achieve greater heights, this wasn’t it. 

I ended up in bed for two days—two days!— and lost a ton of work time. It was so frustrating. 

But now I’m back. And that end date is still looming over me. I’m ready to work but I also know it was okay to take a rest (I literally had no choice) because I wrote ten thousand words yesterday when I returned. 

And if that’s not ascension through discomfort I don’t know what is. 

So, stay the path you want to go, but remember to take care of yourself, because you are capable of doing incredible things with focus, determination and, most importantly, a time crunch.