Email. Dishes. Soccer Games. Laundry. Grief. New friends. Tailgates. Voicemail. Conflict. Homework. Lawncare. Parent-teach conferences. Old friends. Twitter. Bills. Deadlines. Instagram. Dinner. Meetings. Cardio. Online course. Paperwork. Doctor’s Appointment. Performance Review. More Meetings. Science Project. Business Presentation.

Our lives often resemble tsunamis, thrashing madly about and threatening to take us under at any moment.  I have zero citations for this, but I am fairly confident that the #1 response to “how have you been?” is the word “busy!”.  Our world doesn’t take breaks or offer reprieves.  We have to draw our own lines in the sand and stake our claim on rest, nourishment, mindfulness and all of the asp...