You're tired and it's okay

Feb. 21

You're tired and it's okay.You watch too much TV.You've switched out fruits and veg with chips and cookies.You're not sleeping.You're sleeping too much.The simplest tasks are falling behind.You've got the time.And yet.You're hypnotically putting items in shopping carts online without buying.You're buying online just to have something to look forward to in the mail.Your toenails are too long.The books aren't getting read.The art you never had time for before still isn't getting made.Pasta is always on the menu.In 5 years, you'll look back at this time.You'll wish you cut yourself some slack.So cut yourself some slack.Even if you're generally peppy and over-the-moon optimistic.You're still human living in a society.That society is connected by a collective grief.And that makes you tired.And that's okay.Spring WILL come.A cheerful video: Luke Evans singing "Bridge Over Troubled Waters." He plays Gaston in the newer version of Beauty and the Beast. He adds empathy to his songs, and I find it helpful, especially if you're tired (and that's okay).

Janice MacLeod

Janice MacLeod is a course creator who helps people write books and create online businesses out of their art. She is a New York Times best seller, and her book Paris Letters, is a memoir about how she became an artist in Paris selling illustrated letters. She has a vibrant Etsy shop and was one of the pioneering entrepreneurs featured on Etsy's Quit Your Day Job newsletter. She has been featured in Business Insider, Forbes, Canadian Living, Psychologies Today, Elle, Huff Post, and CBC.

https://janicemacleod.com/

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