I went to bed when I was tired, not when I was “done”

Dear Delyara, There is always more to do, more to check, more to tidy, more to mentally carry around like proof that I’m still responsible. But this week I let tiredness outrank completion. That felt almost radical. I’m so used to rest arriving only after enough usefulness has been extracted from me. Choosing sleep before that point felt like a deep correction. I want more of my life built that way.