Have you ever been trying to enjoy some free time, and then some part of your mind ruins it by realizing that you could be getting work done instead? After all, you have that whole to-do list… and you’ve been meaning to start that project… and there are all of those work tasks which still need to be dealt with…

Suddenly you’re feeling guilty for not spending your time more effectively, and your thoughts turn towards whether you “should” be doing something more productive. With your mind nagging you, it ends up being nearly impossible to enjoy or appreciate your downtime.

These days there’s seemingly always some sort of work that needs to get done, whether it comes in the form of job related obligations or our personal responsibilities. With only a limited amount of hours in the day, most of us are no strangers to the struggle to fit everything in.

It can be unfortunately tempting to scrape together moments of productivity from wherever we can find them, and during our leisure time in particular, it’s easy to think that we’re wasting precious hours that could instead be spent getting things done.

Our free time shouldn’t be confused with our availability – it should be seen as its own special type of self-care. Unless we have firm boundaries in place to ensure we make time for this self-care, our free time is often first on the chopping block when we’re looking to fit more work in.

The reality is that there’s always something to do, and there will always be something to do. The human condition isn’t one where you achieve all your goals and then stop having any more, but instead is an ever-unfurling list of possible things that we feel we should do with our time. 

There’s no magical moment when we’re finally “done,” there’s just the moments of respite where we grant ourselves permission to stop thinking about the things we need to do, and to instead decompress. 

If you’re having trouble stepping away from it all, that’s normal. We’ve all been somewhat brainwashed to think that if we’re not busy, we’re wasting time. So, just in case you haven’t been told in a while, we want to be perfectly clear about something: You deserve rest. Unwinding is not slacking off. You’re not here just to get work done your whole life. 

Come and enjoy some true free time in your favorite float tank, and remember how great it can be to do guiltless, glorious Nothing for a while.  body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.