3 October · A pause can help you arrive.

Self-doubt

I struggle to ask for space when I come home tired.

A little room to breathe.3 October

Self-doubt

“And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.”

W. B. Yeats — The Collected Works in Verse and Prose, Volume I, 1908 collected editionThe Lake Isle of Innisfree, second stanzaRead the source ↗

A pause can help you arrive.

Coming home does not always mean you are immediately ready for conversation, decisions, or company. You can care about the people waiting and ask for a brief transition; making the request specific helps them understand the pause without having to guess.

ONE SMALL STEP

Ask for a little quiet time and say when you will be ready to reconnect.

A little room to breathe.3 October

A spark of light in your day.

A spark
of light
in your day.