The Simplest Act of Self-Care I Know

For days when you're tired but wired — here’s the place I begin.

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Dear friends

Yesterday afternoon, a caring reader reached out with a pastoral note: "Please take care of yourself."

Now, I thought I was doing fine. In fact, I thought I was doing better than fine — I was flying! My brain was “working exactly as it’s meant to”, “holding four or five different posts at a time”. I was “calm and hyperfocused” (though I acknowledged I had the mental capacity for little beyond my writing). I was “downloading fully formed ideas while I slept”, and waking up after 4 or 5 hours to write about them.

I was on fire! (Honestly, he must have thought I’d lost it.)

But I appreciated the gentle nudge and I decided to respect it. So I opted to put in place an easy practice for self care.

Less than 24 hours later, I'm seeing things i…