Help Your Self

For the past few months I've been pushing hard to build a project and have it acquire a sustainable momentum.

I've put in long hours at the computer, and some weeks ago my body began to tell me it had endured enough. Bits started to seize up, cause pain, and generally not function as designed.

So I took a break, endured the withdrawal symptoms, and eventually returned to the fray with just a twinge of pain left.

Within days the pain had worsened, and spread into the other arm.

Typing this now is painful. But so is the notion that I can't help myself by pushing forward.

A mentor has suggested that my body is telling me it is time to think, to step back and review. She's probably right.

Or perhaps I need to follow through with my earlier decision to do less and delegate more.

I'm not sure, but at least now I have time to think about it, to work it out.

And I huess that is the silver lining of this particular form of self help.