It’s Good to Take a Break.

Sometimes It Is Necessary to Take a Few Steps Back in Order to Jump Further.

Mert Bostan
4 min readSep 13, 2022
Sometimes it may be the right thing to take a break to protect some things and reveal more.

Although Continuity Brings Success…

In this busy life marathon, we work so hard on the works we want to grow, our ongoing projects, and the results we plan to do that there are even moments when we think that time is not enough. But the good news is that when we have a ‘to-do list’ and put things in ‘urgency’, we can move forward more systematically.

It is emphasized in the research that “continuity” is the most important factor for success and that a small step must be taken every day in order to reach the final goal.

But can this “productivity chain” be sustained in a systematic way every day?

Theories are always evaluated in homogeneous environments. But life is not homogeneous. It is full of unknowns. It is variable. Even when things are going great, something suddenly changes and it affects the whole flow. In an instant, the list of urgency in our current order changes, sometimes even temporarily shelved.

The appearance of such things affects the “flow”. It causes the acceleration we catch to decrease. This is the last thing anyone who practices regularly wants to happen to them. And in this time travel with many unknowns that we call life, there are plenty of these “things”, big or small. These “things” can be as small as stopping us for a moment when we are at full speed, or they can be an event that changes the course of our lives.

These “things” are the stones that make us stumble and stumble while we gaze at the sky and dream. Small or big. But they always exist.

At such times, we consider things that keep us from our path as “time thieves”. We get angry because our speed is slowed down and our concentration is impaired. We know that it will take time to become the same flow again.

Could These “Things” Be Signals That Our Brain Is Telling Us to Take A Break?

Just like when we overload a machine and the machine fails after a while, isn’t the same true for our brain? When we put it into a system and think that we get the best efficiency, do we unwittingly put too much pressure on it? Maybe what he needs is some rest. It would be good for him to get away from his work a little bit. Could this be the reason why situations we never thought of suddenly appear and disturb our attention?

When we see a place we like while traveling with our vehicle, we stop there and take a break. Although the time we spend at the stopover causes the travel time we planned to be extended, it is much more valuable than our extended travel.

That’s why sometimes we have to take a break. We need to learn that taking a break is part of the job, too.

Maybe sometimes all we have to do is “let go”. Sometimes it is the best solution to put everything aside when we feel that we are not making any progress on the things we do, work on, and work on persistently and stubbornly.

A rested, fresh mind is much more beneficial than a tired one.

Maybe it’s time to feel a little longing for the things we deal with. Instead of working every day and making a little progress, we can take a break and maybe make big progress.

While it may seem like a waste of time, wandering around, dealing with things that we wanted to do for a long time but always put off, lying on the sofa and watching TV aimlessly, and emptying our brains are the things we need to do for a great comeback.

Sometimes taking a break can be the best thing to do to bring out more beautiful things.

Sometimes it is necessary to take a few steps back in order to jump further.

P.S. I would love to know your perspective on life. I would like to state that I value your comments very much to benefit from the experiences of people outside of my own life. I believe that sometimes it is more memorable to learn from real people rather than from books.

Thank you.

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Mert Bostan
Mert Bostan

Written by Mert Bostan

Civil Engineer | Admirer of Tony Hsieh & Zappos | Embracing Self-Discovery After 40 | Nostalgic for the 80s and 90s | Dreaming of Life in Ureki, Georgia

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