Pause

The pause button is one of the most used buttons on my iPhone.  I stream satellite radio to my phone when I’m working out, and when the commercials come up, I hit pause.  I choose not to listen to the babbling commercials.  

I have an internal pause button that I use often.  There are times I just need to get away from the daily distractions and have a little quiet to bleed off the nonsense and chatter in my head.  Sometimes my pause is sitting in the bubba chair with no television or radio, or it could be sitting on the beach listening to the waves.  Other times it’s a ride up into the country and sitting on the tailgate of the truck listening to nothing but nature.

Think of it in terms of a cardio workout.  Once you’ve done your workout, you take some time to catch your breath, cool down, and then hit the shower.  I know if I try to go straight from the gym to the shower, I’m still sweating like a pig afterwards, as I did not take the time to pause and cool down.  Pauses are essential to maintaining balance.  Set a daily intention to make time for pauses, It’s not the duration of the pause, but the fact that you are taking a pause.  As the old catch phrase from McDonald’s goes, “You deserve a break today…”