Last week I shared a social media post about Adele taking a six year break from music and permission to take breaks. One person disagreed. They said you first needed to build an empire worthy of a break. As you might imagine, I had some thoughts about this comment! Here’s a video of my response.

My parents signed my brother and I up for a speed reading class when we were in high school. Everything they taught us was about efficiency and productivity. It was fairly helpful, but that's not what I remember most about the class. The part that has stayed with me for over 20 years is when they told that we SHOULDN'T use these techniques when reading fiction.

I purposefully decided to slow down and work less this summer, but when I actually started to do it - it was WEIRD. Old rules showed up telling me to work harder and be more productive. Then, on the morning of June 24, I had a realization that has changed everything for me - and will help you to let go of should and supposed-to as well.

Yesterday I got a message from someone who just finished reading my book, An Overachiever's Guide To Breaking The Rules: How To Let Go Of Perfect and Live Your Truth that said: "I'm living more abundantly and at a MUCH slower pace AND no one has criticized me like I thought they would for not being Johnny on the spot with work or schedules."