When is it time for you to take a break?

Right! What kind of question is that? As if you don’t know when it’s time for you to take a break! Of course you do. Somewhere deep inside, you know exactly when it’s time for you to take a break. Not the ‘Have A Break. Have a KitKat’ kind. A real break! But do you take it? Probably not.

You think things like: “If only I can get through this week” or “I don’t have time for a break; there’s too much to do” or “I just need to tough it out” or “I just had a break; I can’t just take another one”.

Do any of these sound familiar? Are you saying any or all of these things to yourself for weeks on end?

Take them as a SURE SIGN YOU NEED TO STEP AWAY AND TAKE A BREAK.

Other signs you need to take a break:

• You feel stressed even before you get out of bed
• You have a hard time falling asleep because you keep going over things you need to do tomorrow
• You have a hard time falling asleep because you keep thinking about the things that didn’t get done
• You can’t stay on top of your to-do-list
• You’re regularly unreasonable with family, friends and colleagues
• You can’t sit still and relax
• You have a hard time delegating, thinking things will fail if you don’t do them yourself
• Everything seems big, overwhelming, hard, ….
• You dream of a small accident to happen. Nothing serious, but just enough to lie you up in a hospital bed for a couple of weeks. Oh, the sleep you’ll get!
• You feel bad about taking, needing a break

If, when any or all of these sound familiar to you, YOU NEED TO STEP AWAY AND TAKE A BREAK.

What will your break be? And when will you take it?

As always ….

Go dare greatly

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