I’m a bit of a Type A person so I constantly need reminders like these from Anne Lamott:

I am militantly and maternally on my own side……how kind to myself I have become, what a wonderful, tender wife I am to myself, what a loving companion. I get myself tubs of hot salty water at the end of the day in which to soak my tired feet. I run interference for myself when I am working, like the wife of a great artist would: “No, I’m sorry, she can’t come. She’s working hard these days and needs a lot of downtime.” I live by the truth that “No” is a complete sentence. I rest as a spiritual act.

Actually say no to something because I need some downtime? That would be a militant act for me. I’ll have to don the camos and try it.