I started the year with a phrase, a motto, I guess you could say.
My life was plagued by lack of focus and distractions were stealing my time. I felt disconnected and overstimulated. I was wasting time and rushing around till I was crazy.
So I started the year with a plan: simple but so complex.
As I’ve journeyed through the past nine months, I’ve learned more than I thought there was to know. But more than anything, I’ve learned how much I still have to learn. And in spite of the growth I’ve seen, I’m crawling into this month a little broken, a little tender, and a little tired.
So I’m joining in with The Nester to write for 31 days. Everyday for the month of October I’ll be writing on this one topic…
Work Hard + Rest Well: Learning Obedience in the Rhythms of Work and Rest
I’m writing about this because I need it.
I’m writing about work because I still too often try to split my energies and end up fractured and fragmented with very little to show for my strain.
I’m writing about rest because I still too often spend my work times resting in ways that don’t refresh and my rest times worrying that I should be working.
Are you there?
Are you feeling fragmented and fractured?
Are you feeling a little broken, a little tender, and a little tired?
Are you feeling disconnected and overstimulated at the same time?
Join me on this journey.
It will be a little bit of practical work and a whole lot of heart work.
I’m needing it. And I’m excited.
{If you’re just joining me, you click through to any of the posts from the links below.}
Day 1: Work Hard + Rest Well
Day 2: Starting in the Hard Place {Work}
Day 3: The Other Hard Place {Rest}
Day 4: When Your Sabbath Feels like Work
Day 5: Three Ways to Utilize Your Season
Day 6: The One Thing About Rest
Day 7: The Two Things About Work
Day 8: Important Versus Urgent
Day 9: Our Work is Broken
Day 10: The Work of Discipline
Day 11: Come to Rest
Day 12: The Recharge List
Day 13: Where Resting Well Starts
Day 14: Three Steps to Rest Well
Day 15: Rest Requires Trust
Day 16: Resting in Seasons of Work
Day 17: Resting in Seasons of Rest
Day 18: Grace Day
Day 19: The Secret to Rest
Day 20: Rest Well. Sleep Well
Day 21: Sleep Intentionally
Day 22: Starting Your Day Quietly
Day 23: Self-Care is Stewardship
Day 24: Am I Lazy?
Day 25: Grace Day
Day 26: The Habits of Hard Work
Day 27: Planning to Focus
Day 28: Worth the Work
Day 29: Intentional Living
Day 30: I am Not Awesome
Day 31: Finishing Well
Be blessed
<3
Thank you so much for writing on this topic! I can relate! I will be following you during the next 31 days! 🙂
I too have taken the 31 day challenge. You can read my journey at http://www.speakeroflife.com/
Thanks so much Erinn! Congrats on taking the challenge too! Let’s do this!Alesha <3
Thank you so much for writing on this topic! I can relate! I will be following you during the next 31 days! 🙂
I too have taken the 31 day challenge. You can read my journey at http://www.speakeroflife.com/
Thanks so much Erinn! Congrats on taking the challenge too! Let’s do this!Alesha <3
Hi Alesha, just clicked on your blog from a comment you left on the She Reads Truth bible study. I can completely relate to this rest and work struggle that your writing about. I am so grateful to stumble upon your blog. I love the insight you give.
I am in a season of rest- on a 2 week fall break from teaching- and I often find myself feeling drained instead of refreshed during this rest period I’m in. I can’t seem to shut down the worry/stress that I could be catching up or getting ahead instead of resting and I end up kind of in this stuck state of mind.
I really enjoy your writing and I look forward to keeping up with your blog. Hope you’re enjoying the bible study on Peter!:)
Hi Chelsea! I’m so glad you stopped by! I struggle with the same thing in my seasons of rest, in fact, that’s what Sunday’s post was about (day 5). I hope this series is helpful for you. I definitely know that it is helping me…I so desperately need all of this. I am loving the 1st Peter study! I hope you are too. How fun to connect with each other through She Reads Truth! Thanks again for the encouragement and I’m praying that this series can be helpful to you and that God will give you the freedom to rest.Alesha <3
Hi Alesha, just clicked on your blog from a comment you left on the She Reads Truth bible study. I can completely relate to this rest and work struggle that your writing about. I am so grateful to stumble upon your blog. I love the insight you give.
I am in a season of rest- on a 2 week fall break from teaching- and I often find myself feeling drained instead of refreshed during this rest period I’m in. I can’t seem to shut down the worry/stress that I could be catching up or getting ahead instead of resting and I end up kind of in this stuck state of mind.
I really enjoy your writing and I look forward to keeping up with your blog. Hope you’re enjoying the bible study on Peter!:)
Hi Chelsea! I’m so glad you stopped by! I struggle with the same thing in my seasons of rest, in fact, that’s what Sunday’s post was about (day 5). I hope this series is helpful for you. I definitely know that it is helping me…I so desperately need all of this. I am loving the 1st Peter study! I hope you are too. How fun to connect with each other through She Reads Truth! Thanks again for the encouragement and I’m praying that this series can be helpful to you and that God will give you the freedom to rest.Alesha <3