Closed for Slug Day!

I'm not lazy, I'm on energy-saving mode.
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes... Including you.
Authors Unknown

by Skip Cohen

Many years ago, I decided I needed one day of writing that had nothing to do with business. Sunday Morning Reflections became my break from marketing with therapeutic value. The reality is that I enjoy writing and have done my best to stick with topics most of us can identify with, along with minimal rants, even though the world is currently upside down!

Sheila introduced me to "slug days" years ago. It's a time to relax and not do anything that requires any level of intelligence or exertion. We were out with good friends last night and got home later than usual for two old farts. My first comment to Sheila, upon waking up, wasn't the usual "good morning", but "Did you get the license plate of the truck that hit us?" 

Seriously, you'd think we ran a Marathon yesterday, but the benefits of a slug day are simply about stopping time. There's nothing we have to do except recharge, just like your phone. But there are some required activities for a slug day...

• We don't go anywhere!
• Nothing from the outside world is allowed in, and the drawbridge has been raised to keep out the trolls.
• Food, starting with a great breakfast, is a necessity. 
• A little football might make it onto the agenda, along with our current favorite series from Netflix or a good book.
• No work around the house is permitted, unless it's grabbing another pillow to get comfortable, building a couch potato nest.
• Puppy time is a necessity - in fact, today's slug day started with a change in the morning routine. I got the pups out at 7:00 and then brought them back to bed with us. After all, they were up later than usual last night, too.​

Each person deserves a day in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. 
Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.
Maya Angelou

The bottom line is everybody needs a slug day now and then. It's a time for light reflection and simply appreciating the bubble we're creating for the day. Put that together with a little hero worship of Alfred E. Neuman, and the day ahead is as defined as it will ever be.

Wishing everybody a day ahead with time to relax and unplug from everything on your plate that creates stress and robs you of the time to appreciate those people you love and who love you the most. It's a perfect time to not focus on anything except taking a break. Whatever's usually on your plate, like leftovers, put it in a ziploc bag for tomorrow!
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Happy Sunday...or Monday if you're on the other side of the world.

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Rest is how you protect your passion, purpose, and progress.
Author Unknown