You're productive.
Your calendar is full.
Your output is high.
Your reputation is solid.
But you're using work to outrun something.
The silence you avoid.
The grief you haven't processed.
The conversation you keep postponing.
Work is a legitimate calling.
But it can also be an anaesthetic.
And the problem with using work to avoid healing
is that the pain doesn't disappear.
It just waits.
This week, schedule one thing that is not productive.
A conversation you've been avoiding.
A journal session you've been postponing.
A moment of honest stillness.
Healing is not a distraction from your calling.
It's preparation for it.