Every two weeks for the past couple of years I’ve published an enewsletter from ChronicBabe, the Goodie Bag. I’m really proud of that accomplishment and it’s extremely rare for me to take a break. But I did just that this morning, sending out a short letter to my readers instead. The topic: the value of taking a little break.

I love the continuity, the connections you get with an enewsletter. It keeps your readers (or clients) up to speed on your activities, offers them resources that strengthen your reputation as a go-to-gal or -guy, and basically reminds them that you still exist. So even though I was feeling very burned out, I chose not to abandon publishing altogether, but go for this alternate approach, which took about 1/5 the time.

It was a relief to get it out the door so I could go what I really needed to do, which was relax. Sometimes we just need to do that! As entrepreneurs, it’s sometimes (usually? always?) hard for us to get our heads around that concept.

So how about you? Do you ever cut yourself some slack and take a little break? An hour here or there, or a “mental health day” or even a - gasp! - vacation? Fill me in.