Some days it feels like the world is whizzing by and there is just too much to get done to ever get ahead. No matter how long or how hard you work there always seems to be more to do. Perhaps when things get like that the thing to do is to not try to work even more hours, but to just slow down even more and just get by for a day or two.

Of course, that is not always easy to do, because our impulse is to do more and more and more. But when we keep working at that level in a sustained way we tend to derail and break down. It is as if our bodies finally say enough is enough! We get sick, our energy flags, and in the end we are forced to rest anyway.

So why not preempt that kind of uncontrolled slow down by getting out in front and slowing yourself down? Take on less, say no to extra chores, turn off the television and the computer and just sip a cup of tea. This conscious slowing down will re-energize you and you will be able to come back stronger than before and accomplish more.