Life has no pause button, but it does have halftimes. Take one before the second half.

There is no stopping the clock, but there are breaks built into almost anything if you are willing to take them. A halftime is not escape, it is a deliberate gap for water, a look at what is actually happening and a decision about the next stretch. Most people skip it and then wonder why the second half went the way the first one did. Rest is part of the structure.

Build one real pause into this week and put it where you will honor it. Twenty minutes with no screen, no errand and no plan. Come back and change one thing about how you are playing it.