You may feel intensely overwhelmed today, and the many duties looming before you can cause you to look for ways to avoid working. However, the feeling that you have become inundated in obligations is likely a result of your eschewing breaks rather than any marked change in your agenda. You can ease the feelings that lie at the root of your anxiety by adding leisure activities to your day's schedule. Though such an increase can seem counterintuitive on a day like today, you will likely find that you feel much more alert and enthusiastic about your duties when you know that you will have some time to yourself in the near future.

To fulfill our potential, we must give ourselves plenty of time to unwind and refresh ourselves between bouts of activity. While it is often difficult to pinpoint those moments in which we are urgently in need of rest, we can overcome this challenge by simply integrating regular periods of relaxation into our day-to-day routines. We may not feel tired or overwhelmed, but we can benefit from relaxation nonetheless because our energy stores are almost always in need of refreshment. The practical time we lose while resting is quickly accounted for during our next bout of effort when we realize that the simple fact that we are rested allows us to work more quickly while still maintaining our usual measure of efficiency and creativity. Your busy schedule will no longer have the power to overwhelm you today when you afford yourself plenty of time to slow down and relax.