T he month of January brings a certain calm and peace. The start of a New Year helps us to reflect on the past and establish new beginnings. There is no greater time to pause and ensure we are receiving adequate sleep. We live in a society that dictates the expectation to stay on the go. Resting makes us feel guilty and often seems indulgent. What we forget is that taking time to pause also is so refreshing.
It is well known that healthy living encompasses diet and exercise; however, we often forget two other important entities. Allowing ourselves to rest or pause and sleep is necessary to maintaining healthy lives. It is so easy to place the greatest value on how much is accomplished each day. Many make people lists and gain satisfaction from checking items off of it. It may be easy to talk about resting, but the value of relaxation is lessened when those few minutes are spent looking at a phone or tablet.
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