You don’t need to hold it all this summer
Jul 30, 2025
It’s summer. The inbox has gone suspiciously quiet.
Meetings are mysteriously vanishing.
People are throwing around words like “reset” and “deep rest.”
And yet… somehow, you’re still holding it all.
The mental tabs. Does it ever stop??
The background buzz of decisions.
The sneaky guilt for not doing something useful with all this free time. Ohh I’m guilty as charged!
Someone said to me last week,
“I just want one week where I’m not the one remembering everything.”
Honestly? I nearly stood up and applauded.
So here’s the thought I’m offering..no performance metrics attached:
What if you didn’t optimise your rest?
Anthony Bordain wrote it so beautifully:
“ Travel is not reward for working,it’s education for living”
What if you didn’t squeeze personal growth out of your pause?
What if you just… stopped holding?
No clarity agenda.
No five-step framework.
Just air. And space. And maybe a walk that leads absolutely nowhere.
Because you don’t have to be useful to deserve rest.
You don’t have to carry the invisible load of the season.
And you definitely don’t have to be the container for everything.
You never were.
Love,
Rita
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