Why I only read Norwegian books on holiday

Here’s the thing no one tells you about holiday when your brain is always on:

It doesn’t feel like rest.

At least not right away.

I can be on a beach, book in hand, sun on my skin, and still I’m scanning. Thinking. Solving.

For me, it takes about 10 days to land. Ten days before my brain stops planning.

Ten days before I stop reflexively turning every insight into something “useful.”

Ten days before I stop reaching for my phone, just to “check something quickly.”

So now, I prepare for that part.

I don’t open anything work-related.

Even what I read is intentional-because if it’s in English, I’ll find a way to relate it to a client.

So this summer? Only Norwegian books. No risk of professional insight. Highly recommend. Well, not books in Norwegian if it’s not your mother tongue. Go for your own flavour.

And here’s what else I’ve learned

I don’t rush the feelings away.

I let them come.

I let them move. That means that a  tight chest can turn into a knot in my tummy. Because it moves.

I take them with me into the sea, into the pool, into the quiet.

And I ask, gently but directly, with a hand on the part of my body that the emotion is residing in:

“What are you so desperately trying to tell me?”

Not to fix. Not to figure it all out.

Just to feel. To listen. To land.

So if you’re already “on break” but still feel like your head’s on a roundabout, you’re not broken.

You’re just arriving.

Give it time.

Give yourself permission to not be instantly relaxed.

And when the feelings show up - let them speak.

They’ve been waiting too… probably a very long time.

Love

Rita

PS: Still reading in Norwegian. Still not enlightened. Still exactly where I need to be.

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