And I think this applies to business. It applies for our team. It applies to our fitness, our health.

If you don't rest intentionally, then you can't come back stronger. If you refuse to rest your body or your business will force you to do it.

And that is always more costly.

What's up, guys, welcome back to Build.

And today I have an episode for you where I want to talk about why pausing should be part of your plan.

So if you've listened to some of my recent episodes, I've been pretty vague about dealing with some health challenges.

Really because it's just been a long string of unfortunate events.

And I don't really know how to describe what's happened, but I will just say, I got sick multiple times. I got put on different medicines and antibiotics for the sickness, which caused more issues, which then caused infections, which then I had to get surgery, multiple surgeries. And it just fucking sucked, if I'm being honest. Like, it has been so hard. It's been really challenging.

It's just, I haven't wanted to talk about it a ton.

I haven't wanted to hide it.

I just also haven't wanted to talk about it because part of me feels, I guess, embarrassed.

Part of me feels vulnerable, weak.

I guess you could describe all those things.

And part of me feels like I'm describing something I don't know much about and I don't like talk about things I'm not an expert out. So I will probably do an episode where I talk about

exactly what happened, but for now, all you need to know is that it fucking sucked. But I kept

asking myself during the time of it sucking where I just kind of said, like, I need to pause a lot.

Like I paused content. I said, I'm just in a blog, and I can film, like, when I can film.

Like, I have no idea right now.

Like, maybe it's once a month.

Maybe it's not at all.

I don't know.

I pulled out of our workshop, so we do workshops a couple times a month, and I just

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