Busyness is not a virtue.

It has been glorified for too long.

This really gets on my nerves. Why?

Many women do too much, striving for the perfect life or the most full life, doing everything for everyone, until they cannot do anything for anyone anymore because they hit a wall.

Women make up 79% of the people who are on sick leave due to exhaustion syndrome in Sweden (where I live).

There is no simple solution but we need to stop saying yes to things that we don’t even really want to do.

It’s not about not being engaged in causes that mean a lot to us or not doing anything for others, but we can differentiate between things that we really want to do and things we say yes to out of obligation or not wanting to say no. This energy of obligation creates negative stress and can cause resentment in relationship to other people.

Next time you are asked, or feel compelled, to take on a new responsibility, whether professionally or personally, take time before you decide, center into yourself and ask yourself; Is this something I really want to do? The answer will come in one way or another.

In my upcoming course next year I will go deep into how to drop the exhaustion and connect to your inner peace and guidance.

In the meantime you can sign up for my Inner Peace Meditation Series here.