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Radioheadspace Studios took time off fully like out of office, out of reach, out of everything.
I knew i needed it, my body knew i needed it, but the guilt it came knocking.
Today i want to talk about what comes after that, when you finally do pause, take a breath and rest and that little voice creeps up and says You know that feeling guilt for not being productive, for resting, for logging off.
I remember lying on the couch watching a rerun of a show I'd seen 800 times and thinking I should at least be folding laundry while I do this.
I should be multitasking.
It was wild.
I was physically wiped.
My brain was still running on some imaginary productivity scorecard.
And the worst part?
No one else was doing that to me.
It was me.
The voice was internal, conditioned, learned.
As someone who's been conditioned to equate productivity with value, I had to take a moment and ask where did this belief come from?
It was a few days into my forced rest reset, and I was feeling better, but also weirdly agitated.
I couldn't figure out why.
I had done what I was supposed to.
Rested, unplugged, cancelled everything.
So why did I feel this low-key shame?
Then it clicked.
And like most core stories, I was maybe six or seven years old.
My abuelita, who was my main caretaker, had a terrible cold.
I remember having a minor stomach ache once and she let me stay home from school.
She tucked me in and made me tea.
She gave me rest.
But when she was sick, she didn't stop.
She still got up at the crack of dawn, started cooking packed lunches, helped us get ready for school, folded laundry with tissues stuffed in her sleeve.
And by the time her Bible study friends arrived, they were all sitting around the table praising each other for everything they managed to get done while being sick.
That image stayed with me.
And, without realizing it, I internalized this idea that rest was something you extended to others, but not to yourself.
That strength was about endurance.
That being valuable meant being relentlessly available.
And listen.
I've worked in the tell you the praise for pushing through is alive and well in both spaces.
It just wears different outfits.
But at some point, we have to stop and ask, what do I really believe about productivity?
Where did I learn that pushing myself to the I still want to carry, because it's one thing to inherit a pattern?
It's another to choose whether you want to pass it on.
Somewhere along the way I internalized the belief that my worth is tied to my output, that rest has to be earned, that you can't just pause.
You have to justify it.
So, even though no one was waiting on me, even though the world had not stopped turning a reward, it's a right.
But if we've spent our lives equating worth with productivity, even doing nothing can feel like doing something wrong.
So friends, if you felt that guilt too like you need to earn every moment of stillness, try this close your eyes, take a deep breath, ask yourself are Where does my belief about rest come from?
And then ask, what do I want to believe instead?
Let the answer rise without forcing it.
Just notice, sometimes awareness is the first step to release.
And if you're looking for some extra support, check out the deep rest window in the app.
That's it for today, everyone.
If you want to share your thoughts with me, you can find me on Instagram at Rosie Acosta.
I'll see you back here soon.
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