It's OK to Slow Down

Feeling the season and letting yourself just... be

I did a thing one day last week. A thing I really cannot remember doing in the past 20 years, at least: Nothing.

Well, not exactly nothing. I did a few minutes of social media, checked email a couple times, messaged a few friends. But mostly what I did that day was read a novel. An entire novel.

I have not allowed myself a day like this — unless I’m rea…