It is not customary to talk about fatigue. Everyone wants to be strong, hardy, “successful 24/7”. But what to do when you really can’t anymore? You don’t even want to wake up, let alone “achieve”?

I used to ignore fatigue. “A little more, more is needed, you can’t stop…” But then my body made me stop. And then I realized: fatigue is not weakness. This is a normal reaction of a living person to overload.

I began to treat rest as part of work. Without it, there is no talk of any efficiency. And most importantly, without it, joy disappears. Everything becomes mechanical.

Therefore, I allow myself to rest. Even when everything is not yet done. Even when “we could have worked a little more”. Rest is not laziness. It is care.

And as soon as you give yourself time to reboot, your strength, inspiration, and desire to live, not just exist, return.