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Take the Break Before You Need It
By Tara Mohr — 2014
Tara Sophia Mohr writes about her realization that you can declare yourself having worked hard enough for the day before your brain has slowed to a total halt due to exhaustion.
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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.