Downtime is Loving Yourself

Part of living a balanced life and practicing self-love includes downtime. I need to schedule downtime in my week. Sometimes I catch up on reading, spend time with my husband and family, or just click the remote control on the TV set, or sitting on your front porch literally "watching the grass grow."

Downtime is very different than scheduled "practice" time, i.e. meditation, prayer, work, projects, gardening, walking, etc. Downtime is about recharging your batteries by NOT focusing on anything. It's not recommended you do this every day -that would be "lazy" - but perhaps 1 x per week; or 1 x every other week.