Why do we buy presents for people we aren’t actually close to?
Why do we gather with extended family we barely know (or don’t genuinely enjoy) simply because the calendar tells us this day is “special”?

Something I always come back to when I notice that impulse to “get things done” is what I learned from a wonderful midwife, Polli Mitglieder, and meditation teacher, Christian Wolf, during an MBSR for Childbirth course. They taught me to take massive advantage of, and find deep appreciation for, the brief rest periods. Thirty seconds is sometimes all we get between contractions during active labor!