Work hard when you set aside time that will be work hours.
When you have “slow days” or periods where things slow down, you don’t just stay still in a place where you can pick up and jump forward from later on. When you slow down or stop, you immediately begin falling behind.
But we need to be content with this reality and still take time to rest, relax, and recuperate from those seasons of really hard work.
It’s easy to cope with a moment of knowing that we will fall a little behind when we understand that in the seasons we work, we will work really hard.
Think of it like fitness, time off is necessary, but you do lose fitness during time off. Yet it’s absolutely necessary.
So when you rest and chill out, really rest and relax. When you work, really work (and if you work on something good and worthwhile, that’s even better!)