Rejuvenate

Apologies for being a bit quiet over the past few weeks. I spent just over a week in Tasmania on holiday and attending the Career Development Association of Australia's annual conference. Having 4 days in a cabin at Cradle Mountain was a time to slow down and rejuvenate. This time in the fresh air led to many ideas particularly about the necessity of slowing down.

Our day-to-day life operates at a such a fast pace as we race from activity to activity in the vein hope of actually crossing off all our to-do's in our diary.

We view this as normal.

Yet those mere 4 days at Cradle Mountain of unscheduled time was like plugging into a power socket and being recharged. Feeling refreshed like that, is that not normal? Are we so used to our frantic pace that we see fatigue as an unfortunate but necessary part of life, rather than an indicator of going too fast?

So consider this post as a gentle reminder to slow down. In the next 24 hours do one thing you enjoy doing...read a book...go for a long stroll...play a game of scrabble...

I will share some insights from the conference, but not now. I'm off to do one of my favourite things...a run in the forest....