Geezy TED Talk: You’re Allowed to Rest Before You Break

Geezy TED Talk: You’re Allowed to Rest Before You Break

Somehow we were taught to wait until everything falls apart before we slow down.

Wait until you’re exhausted.
Wait until you’re resentful.
Wait until your creativity dries up and your body starts tapping out.

But rest was never meant to be a last resort.

You don’t have to earn rest by burning yourself to the ground.
You don’t need a breakdown to justify a pause.
You don’t have to prove how tired you are to deserve relief.

Rest can be proactive.
It can be planned.
It can be a choice instead of a consequence.

Especially at the end of a year.

This time of year carries a weird pressure.
Finish strong.
Do more.
Push harder so next year can be better.

But what if “better” starts with being well?

Rest doesn’t mean quitting.
It means preserving what matters.
It means protecting your creativity, your health, your joy.

You are allowed to step back while things are still standing.
You are allowed to pause while you’re still proud of what you built.
You are allowed to close the year without squeezing every last drop out of yourself.

Let this be the season where you stop glorifying survival mode.
Where rest is part of the plan, not a failure of discipline.

You don’t need to collapse to be deserving of care.

Rest now.
So you don’t have to recover later.