But August. Let’s talk about August. By the time August rolled around this year, I was burnt out. Exhausted. Just so, so tired, physically and mentally. What started as one week off turned into four. So I tried my best to relax and take time to be creative without it needing to be a product for the shop or a tutorial for the blog. I read real books, played around with watercolor, soaked in Big Magic for the third time, and started creating inspiration boards—with real life magazines!! So good and fun and inspiring.

But it was also a time when, feeling as tired and run down as I was, I could have quit. Never come back. And I felt like it some times. It’s easy to do. But I made it a point to really feel those feelings—defeat, sadness, severe tiredness. And you know what? They didn’t stick around! It took them a while and they were stubborn about it, but they floated slowly through one ear and out the other.

If you’re feeling like I was–even a little bit–you shouldn’t quit either. You’ve put too much blood, sweat, and tears into your project, biz, career to give up now. Rest will help. Self-care will help. You might even learn a few things on your break that will help when you’re running full speed. I discovered that I feel more peaceful, happy, and inspired off of social media. I like sharing projects, bits and pieces of my life, and inspirational printables and messages, but I don’t love it. I feel like it’s saying I don’t like Joanna Gaines. Or Game of Thrones. Or puppies. But it’s true. So I’ve decided that it will play a smaller role in my life going forward and I feel really good about it.

If you have problems resting or taking breaks or you’re afraid you’ll quit if you stop for a day or a week or a month, use this printable! Rest is good. Rest is freaking great.

This free printable is an 8″ x 10″. Check out the Free Gems page for more goodies!