A little thread about looking after yourself (because I& #39;m practicing and I& #39;m proud, also to encourage others):

It& #39;s been a busy few weeks. Lots of important meetings that seem uncancelable. Lots of deadlines (not just sadlines, actual deadlines). (1/5)

I already had to made the hard decision to cancel some conference talks, because the situation with my mum will remain touch and go for a while. It& #39;s hard to be creative like that and I don& #39;t want to force my tired brain. I hate cancelling but people have understood https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz"> (2/5)

And today I realised I needed some space. Space to not be in too many meetings. Space to get some things done. So I stayed in home office, and I cancelled or moved meetings that seemed uncancelable. (3/5)

Then I had space. And unfortunately the space made me realise that I& #39;m very tired. And apparently I& #39;ve had a low grade headache for a couple of days. Instead of beating myself up, I decided to listen to my body. I took a nap. (4/5)

After the nap, I got almost everything done I needed to in half the time it would have taken me had I forced myself.

Today, I dehamstered. I recommend it.
The world is stressful right now, let& #39;s look after ourselves https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz"> (5/5)

As an addition... I fully expected to not manage anything after the nap. That would have been fine too. I& #39;d have had to move things tomorrow as well.

Stretching myself too much will buy me a day here, and cost me multiple days later. (6/5)

And I dithered for ages about writing this. Because I still have an internal survival rule that talking about this stuff is not ok - especially for a CEO.

But we& #39;re all also humans. And it& #39;s ok to look after yourself. It& #39;s actually imperative. (7/5)