Assessment Week 2 — Day 1 | The 7-40 Challenge
I find it really funny that after eighty days of building habits, publishing a novel, creating frameworks, and writing every single day — the first thing I thought this morning was: All right, what’s my list?
What do I have to do? How do I get into assessment mode? How do I go, go, go?
And from somewhere deep inside me, everything said: Stop.
Not stop the challenge. Not stop everything I’m doing. But stop moving long enough to actually rest. Because I can’t assess anything if I’m frazzled. I can’t re-examine what matters if I’m still wired to perform.
So today, I didn’t exercise. I didn’t read. I ate off my plan. And honestly? It all felt really good.
In some regards, I’m frustrated with myself. It feels like I should be doing more. It feels like I should be working on the things I work on all the time. But I’m learning that rest — and even a little bit of goofing off — is what my mind and body are calling for right now.
That’s a hard thing to accept when you’ve spent eighty days proving to yourself that you can show up every day. The voice that got you out of bed and onto the road doesn’t just shut off because the calendar says it’s assessment week. It wants to keep going. And part of growing is knowing when to tell that voice: Not today. Today we rest.
I’m still documenting. I’m still asking questions. I’m still on the journey. But tonight, I’m going to bed early. I’m probably going to sleep late in the morning. I’m going to take my family to go play mini golf. And it’s going to be a chill weekend.
I’m really looking forward to it.
Assessment Week 2 — Day 1. Rest is not retreat. It’s part of the design.
David Willis 