Nothing the Matter With “Weak” Reasons

I did a training called “In Praise of Crutches” where I argued that we all need to stop trying to do the right thing for “perfect” reasons. If you need to use weak reasoning to get you to do the right thing, well darn it, that is still better than doing nothing!

A WEAK reason to rest is resting  so you can keep going and going like the Energizer Bunny ( giving to ALL the hungry mouths you have surrounded yourself with). And yet…that reason DOES work for you. So use it!

You are terrified of letting others down.

So use your crutch on this. Don’t plan to rest before you burn out for YOU, do it for someone else! LOL. Do it however you can do it!

Do it so you have MORE left in your tank to inappropriately give away IF that’s what gets you to:  say No, take the nap and resist adding just one more “quick thing.”

You are not just letting your children down by wearing yourself out, you are teaching them HORRIBLE HABITS. 

If you have sons, they will expect THEIR future wives to do every last thing without resting or help (it’s part of why Alphas create sons who are Betas).  If you have girls, they learn love is SACRIFICE and she is to be last in line and go without. Why would you MODEL that?!

Rest before you get bitchy.

Rest before you lose your edge.

Rest before you trade your joy for efficiency.

The guiltier you feel about resting, the MORE you need to rest!

This is not a “How to” training so to speak because you already KNOW HOW TO REST, you just don’t prioritize yourself enough to make it happen.  So it’s a “Why to” training 😊 Rest using any why that works!