Just Give In and Nap

Monday was hard.What made it harder was that is was void of anything difficult.  It was just blah.I knew going into the day that the last quarter moon would be void. (This post on a void moon is super helpful). I also knew I would be tired from our camping trip. What I didn't anticipate was having no sense of drive or ability to focus.I met up with my assistant to brainstorm details of a project because coffee. While he contributed good ideas, I felt useless, yawning through my latte.Back at my desk, I tried to answer emails, but each response took forever. Tried uploading a large file and it kept failing. Then the wifi cut out completely for a bit.I gave up. No good work was being done. I called it a day as early as possible and went home to do the one thing I knew would help.Napping.---If I've learned anything from my therapist it's that everything is easier to deal with after rest. Each time I arrive at her office fuming out the nose like an emoji or sobbing big fat tears, and especially if I seem like I just despise the entire.world.population, she says in her very quiet, very gentle voice "Justine. I think you just need a nap."Yup. Simple as that.So I slept for almost 2 hrs in the early evening, chugged a glass of water and took the dog for a walk. And I decided to bake banana chocolate walnut bread because this is the sort of action that is simple, produces a lovely (delicious) end result and gives me the sense that I am taking good care of myself.Writing this now I feel much better. Yes the moon moved from void to Pisces (my sign), but I know it was the nap that made all the difference. I'm just unable to be productive, empathic of quick-thinking when I'm tired. And the only thing that will solve that is sleep.And then baking something delicious.If your week was also off to a crap start, I hope you find a rhythm today that suits you. And if you hit the ground running yesterday, keep going. Or don't. Maybe take a recovery day, and nap.