Use Silence To Allow Yourself Time To Process

You know when your computer has new software that it wants to install, but you keep clicking the ‘remind me later’ button?

You’re too busy, right? Even though you know these features may speed up your computer, protect you from viruses, and generally make your online life a little bit easier, you choose to put it off. You need your computer to work right now, don’t you?

When it comes to the day you finally give in and let it do its thing, your computer is in a state of ‘upgrade.’ You can’t use any of your programmes, you can’t get on the internet, and all you can do is WAIT.

I think our minds are a little bit like this.

We can sense when we need some time out, some time to ‘upgrade’ and assimilate our internal storage of emotions.

I believe we all need these kind of days, where the software of our mind and emotions can be more easily processed so we can assimilate it into our being, and deal with life in all its complexity.

We don’t often get the chance to do this. Guilt or shame can stop us from even thinking about it. The future for these is looking promising, though.

Termed ‘duvet days’, some employers are allowing staff to take days off at the drop of a hat, no questions asked.