You measure your days by output. A day with nothing to show feels like a day wasted. Your worth got tangled up with your productivity long ago.
“What would you have me know about who I am when I’m not producing?”
Some additional insights around this question:
- What is a day worth if you made nothing?
- Where did you learn that resting had to be earned?
- Who would you be if your value didn’t depend on output?