2025’s been a lot. There’s been travel (Denmark, New York, Florida), multiple visitors staying with us, and a lot of new projects. I’ve been saying no to just about every new opportunity that comes across my desk — but that’s because I’m already fully booked.
And this past weekend, I hit the point where I just couldn’t tackle another thing. I usually do a little work on weekends: Reply to emails, maybe do some writing, definitely some prep for the week.
I didn’t do any of that.
Instead, I barely opened my laptop.
We went skiing on Saturday. We had friends over on Saturday night and Sunday. I cooked a few meals. We spent a lot of time on the playground with our son. I even went for a bike ride — it was warm enough to actually bike outside in shorts here! (It snowed 24 hours later.)
Look, 48 hours of nothing isn’t some magic cure. I’ve still got plenty to do this week, and I need to continue to work on saying yes to the stuff I’m most excited about.
But everyone needs breaks. Everyone needs to step away for a few days.
It can be weirdly hard to take time off. I need to get better at it — in the long run, I can only do my best work if I’m making space for the stuff outside it.
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Sally and I went skiing at Park City on Saturday. We stopped for a while to eat lunch outside, and that’s when I took that photo. It was a gorgeous day that felt like spring skiing — blue skies and temperatures in the 50s!