Hello and welcome. My name is Mary and I'm the host of Prologs, a lifestyle podcast where each episode is like a digital

journal entry detailing whatever it is I'm going through in life at the moment. I talk about my

journey with mental health, relationships, wellness, beauty, personal development, and more.

So join me every Monday morning for a reminder that we're all still figuring out life for the first

time and you are still in the beginning of your personal story. Good morning everyone. Welcome back to another episode. Happy Monday.

Welcome to a new week. The weeks just don't stop coming. Smash mouth was right when they wrote

the iconic hit song All Star where they said the years start coming and they don't stop coming.

Never heard anything more true in my life. I'm not ready for another week. I could have used another like two days of this weekend to catch up

on life things before diving back into the social media of it all. But I did have a very good

sleep last night. I'm checking my aura ring score right now. What was it? 76, six hours and 44 minutes with a resting heart rate of 59 beats per minute. That is not bad. Oh, and natural cycles says I'm not fertile today. As soon as I check my aura ring, it sinks with natural cycles. And then I get an update on both, although I'm literally on my period right now. So super helpful. Thank you,

Natural Cycles. I can't wait to get back on birth control. I think I'm going to do that soon.

Anyway, I do feel very rested today, which means I'm in a perfect headspace to talk about the topic

of today's episode, which is resting without feeling bad about it. If there's one thing in my life

that I am good at, it's doing nothing and not feeling bad about it. If there's one thing in my life that I am good at,

it's doing nothing and not feeling bad about doing nothing and looking forward to doing nothing and enjoying my doing nothing time so much, so thoroughly, so deeply. And I don't feel bad when I

take rest time, most the time. If there's like massive, massive things

that have to be done, of course, those will stick in my mind. And sometimes I do have to check

myself and I'm like, are you prioritizing rest right now or are you being lazy? Because sometimes

that's the case. But 99% of the time when I'm resting, I feel great about it. And I've had to work to get

here. I have had to overcome some messaging from my childhood, some internalized tussle culture and

guilt to get to the point where I love doing nothing so much. And I encourage everyone in my life

to do nothing a little bit more often, especially my mom.

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