When was the last time that you thought about your defaults? Do you automatically schedule meetings for one hour? Do you automatically say yes when you shouldn’t? Do you go to lunches, groups, or other meetings that really aren’t helpful for you? Taking time to rethink those defaults in our lives can help us to slow down.

When you were in grade school did you feel busy? How about in middle school, high school or college? Were your busy when single? How about when in a relationship? Were you busy when you had no kids? One kid? Two kids? Busyness fills up the space in our lives that we give to it, and it isn’t real. We don’t have to be busy all the time. We can chose something else. We can choose to slow down!

It’s Friday afternoon on the first weekend of summer break. What am I doing? Planning! I’m planning next week so I can slow down this weekend and really enjoy my time!

I get up at 5am to slow down. It’s my time to be me for me, not the me other people need. It’s my time to care for myself and proactively prepare for my day. It’s my slow down.