6/11 and knowingly making my way back from a greater level of burnout. Imagine being met with compassion instead of "suck it up" when you share youre burnt out! That is an amazing grace and one i hope to extend to others even when it didnt happen for me.
I really appreciate what I said here. Words of wisdom. The only thing I might amend is saying that I think it is OK and even good to tell others that we are spending time with our family. I think we all need to see models of that rather than modeling the expectation that we need to be busy with church things all the time or work stuff all the time or have something on the callendar in order to say no. Or you could simply say I’m using that time to rest and that is good too. That is part of fighting the people pleasing tendency. People might not initially understand, but they need to be shepherded to a place where they learn to understand, resting and being with family is perfectly good and right.
