{"id":1780,"date":"2019-06-19T20:01:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T20:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourmadisonlife.com\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2021-07-19T20:29:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:29:40","slug":"importance-of-taking-a-day-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourmadisonlife.com\/importance-of-taking-a-day-off\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPORTANCE OF TAKING A  DAY OFF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>You are in charge of your schedule &#8211; do you take a day off?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The best part of owning your own business is that YOU are in charge of your schedule! Right!? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, do you take a day off, at least once a week? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you answered NO, then you NEED to! It doesn&#8217;t matter what day it is, sit down one day and figure out what day would be the best for rest. I take Mondays off. Why? Well, when I was a bartender, I had that day off and LOVED IT! I never hated a Monday ever again! 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It&#8217;s my day to not shower, maybe get dressed, and do a little self-care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Remind yourself that YOU are the backbone to your business, if you don&#8217;t take care of yourself, you aren&#8217;t taking care of your business. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Not taking care of yourself will result in 100% burnout! Taking at least one day off a week rarely has us feeling any kind of burnout. Burnout is the death of creativity. 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