We're heading to the mountains of Ruidoso to stay in a hotel with an indoor pool where we'll take the kids swimming. We'll go on some good hikes, take naps, and eat ice cream. We'll take photos, and just enjoy each other. When we come back, we'll resume our eating habits, daily activities, and return to a sense of normalcy.
We won't feel guilty about the ice cream we ate, the pound or so we put on, or the extra sleep we got.
Time off and time away can rejuvinate us. It can reconnect us with ourselves and with those we love. When we're taking time away from our daily activities, feeling guilty about breaking our diet isn't something that we need to put on ourselves. It doesn't mean that we eat sugar for breakfast, lunch, and dinner...or that we completely go berserk when it comes to portion sizes because, "I'm on vacation..." But its a time when its okay to stay up late and sleep in a little.
Isn't that kinda the purpose?
We have a date to return to normalcy. At some point, we come back and resume everything. We don't allow a day or two off to turn into a month or two off. Its okay to sip a mai tai on the beach because at some point we're not on the beach anymore and we dont have a drink in our hands.
Enjoy the mai tai.
I challenge you to take some time away and enjoy every moment of it.
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