Prioritizing rest

 There's something really radical about prioritizing rest over everything else. The last few weeks I felt like it has been nonstop from one thing to the next. 

Around February of this year, some friends and I bought tickets to go see RBD at one of their concerts in Mexico City, and I was super excited about it. Throughout the year I got my outfit ready, listened to their playlists so I could sing along to all their songs, and even got a pink Tejana to wear. 

But life threw some interesting curveballs my way that made me rethink my assistance to the concert. 

I originally wanted to go to heal my inner child, because when RBD was popular I was around 10 years old, and I really wanted to go to one of their concerts, but they were too expensive so my mom didn't take me. I remember being super sad about it and I wanted to heal that wound I thought I had. And maybe the wound was there, but now healing my inner child has had many meanings. 

Something I was never good at was putting my needs first, and setting boundaries. I was always being peer pressured to go to different places or do different things I wasn't all that into. Granted I had fun, but had I been able to set boundaries I might have very different stories to tell now. 

Anyway, the last few weeks I have worked really hard on listening to my body, to what it needs and what I want. Even though going to the concert was something I wanted, my body desperately needed some rest and quality time with Rico, I have been home for exactly one week, and up until yesterday (a Saturday) Rico and I hadn't really spent time with each other because of work. 

All of this led me to really think of what I wanted versus what I needed and ultimately decided to prioritize my rest. 

Prioritizing my rest has meant staying home and missing the concert. 

Prioritizing my rest has meant staying home and watching movies with Rico. 

Prioritizing my rest has meant going to buy groceries and thinking of all the yummy food we want to eat this upcoming week. 

Prioritizing my rest has meant reading in bed while listening to some banda. 

Prioritizing my rest has meant cuddling with Rico. 

Prioritizing my rest has meant listening to my body and doing right by it. 

How do you prioritize your rest?