Ode to a Pajama Day

When I was in college, I would come home at the end of the semester, crawl into my parents’ king-sized bed and watch TV for three straight days. I would get up only to eat and, at the end of the day, wander into my own room to sleep. Though I never gave it conscious thought, intuitively, I knew that my body and my mind needed the rest.

Guess what? We still need rest. We still need days when we commit to nothing, accomplish nothing and do nothing. Or, at least the days when we don’t feel any pressure to commit to anything, accomplish anything or do anything. Leave your hair in a bun. Treat your kids to a “no rules” day.

Stay in your pajamas.

We’ve gotten so bad at this. We are inundated with messages encouraging us to work harder, dream bigger and do more. In fact, you get lots of that messaging right here at 99 Walks. And no one believes more in the transformative power of huge dreams and a bucketful of hard work then we do.

But as a culture and a community, we must begin to recognize the value and importance of rest and recovery. We can’t keep going at this pace. Some days, we just have to say, “today is a pajama day.”

How’s Friday? Put it on your calendar.