when you said that when we rest our ancestors rest, that made me tear up. as someone who’s been making myself physically and mentally sick from overworking the past few months, the timing of this video is perfect. thank you for this.
I’m sooo glad you touched on this because I’m a creative aswell as my group of friends and we just had this convo. FOR ME it’s a voice in my head saying girl you’ve waited YEARS for this type of recognition or to be “booked and busy” WORK WORK say yes to every opportunity and work because there was a time I would kill for this. But that in itself is unhealthy ❤
Omg this got me a little emotional, when you referred to your ancestors… it really puts everything into perspective. And to add, I also believe it's important to surround yourself with people who value that balance between work and rest. So many are used to being on grind mode, and normalize stress and being busy, and project that onto you when you take care of yourself and prioritize your needs. Like honey, you should take breaks too lol (whenever you have the opportunity).
You speaking RIGHT to me. I‘m in my first year of my PhD and I’ve been TERRIBLE at resting. Thank you for the reminding me to take a minute to breathe.
currently about to have surgery and I realize that because of how hard I work, I’ve may have caused my own hernia. I haven’t had a day to rest in maybe two or three months. I’m a full-time student, I’m a manager at a decoration store, and I am a freelance artist. when I do the rest, I do a little works in my rest. I’ve always told myself "Dont think don't, don't feel ,just move." i’m realizing that rest thing is part of the work like you said. Now I will be out of my job for three weeks and I will be forced to rest. I was having panic attacks from the start of the day yesterday and I sobbed myself to sleep last night. I think about how much focus I play into progress and not rewarding myself for the hard work. I’ve been doing with rest and now I see what happens when you don’t actually let yourself get to a point of actually resting.
From what I read you are a perfectionist in every format! Sorry to hear about your hernia and surgery. You may not realize it, but you're still blaming yourself. So many people out here don't even have one job let alone 3! Take time to be proud of your accomplishments and not focus so much on what still needs to be done. Prayers for your upcoming surgery 🙏!
I’m glad to know I’m not the only one that be “on to the next” or feeling like you can’t rest. I definitely feel like past generations definitely pushed a lot of unhealthy shit we been trained to think. As in working hard and having nothing else to live for.
Going through this right now at a job I just started at. I’m waiting till the 6 month mark to propose a hybrid work schedule to my boss for a better work/life balance.
Tarek, hello I hope all is well. This video helped me so much. I'm currently in school full time studying to be a writer and film maker, I write, and I have a business. I work so so so hard and I have just been just working myself to the bone. Barely sleeping, not eating, or eating too much. My brain and body is literally always working. I have made me a new schedule and I now only work 4 days a week instead of 7. I am so blessed and your video has helped me to understand the power of pausing and resting. Thank you!
If you use your phone all the time and never put it on the charger.. what will happen? Same thing with our bodies… resting and regrouping is essential to recharging our own energy in our bodies💪🏾
this video couldn’t be more on time for me .. i’ve been constantly working & i barely sleep giirrrlll i feel like i’m burning out sometimes but shitttt … MONEY , DREAMS!! it can really overwhelm you . I’m gonna take your advice and just take a day to rest tho 🤍💫
Thank you Tarek, it does me a lot. I've been trying to commute this with family. My mum has mentioned more about me not having work after leaving a toxic job. I've worked since I was 13 years old and yet she still assumes that I don't need rest from everything I'm doing. I'm glad I rested because I got a higher-paying job starting on the 1st of Nov.
I truly felt every word in this video🤎 I appreciate you soo much for making this video about this topic. Ive been working my butt off unhappily for the past 6months, but everytime i think about resting or having a break i start to feel like im falling behind on what’s need to be done. But after watching this you for sure convinced me that it is okay to have time for myself & that there’s nothing wrong with shutting the body down & resetting. 🥰🖤 thank you. 🙏🏾✨😌
The rest is the work❤ A message everyone needs to hear. Burnout is no joke, it’ll take more time away from your goals then resting would’ve initially. I loved this. Thank you Tarek.
Thank you baby. I need to sit my behind down and rest. I was headed for burnout this week. That was a good word God sent you straight to me🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Blessings 🙏🏽 always sent to you.
why do you always know what i need to hear. your videos/podcasts always fit soo well in what i am going through and i can apply your advice. thank you 🫶🏾
I really felt this. I am 17 and it is my dream to get a full ride to college. From the time I wake up until the time I lay down monday through friday; I am working, studying, practicing for standardized tests and trying to build my college resume. Saturdays and sundays I go to work. Im going to be honest there are so many days were I skip meals or just completly forget to eat. I operate off of sheer will power and *my desire to make something of myself*. I know that I am capable of great things so I bite off more than I can chew. I am an obsessive planner and I feel awful for even taking a second off. Sometimes I feel like if I stop working so hard my dreams will never come true. I aam scared that I am going to look back and say " I should've worked more, studied more or tried harder. Scared that I am going to wake up one day to clock into a minumum wage job that I hate working for some finanically free person who hates me and has all the time in the world to do all the things that they love. I know it's stupid but I feel like it is so easy to get stuck in that lifestyle. I want to make it out. I have to make it happen. Sometimes I feel like the harder I work the faster I will get to where I want to be.
Loved this episode! I'm actually dealing with this heavily right now. I know I need to rest, but it scares me because I know if I rest the way I truly want to, I'll get left behind. That's the world we live in now, unfortunately. Rest is difficult until your brand is strong enough to withstand your rest hiatus. These are just my thoughts. Appreciate all you do, Tarek!
I think I reached my burn out because things that helped me relax like cleaning, doing laundry, I don’t even have the energy to do. My only day off is Monday from school and work but even then it’s not a day off :/ I have to cram everything I can’t do during the week into that day
