A Case for Not Commenting on People's Outward Appearances

Someone walked into church the other day, and I immediately noticed that he had lost a substantial amount of weight. He seemed healthy and happy, but then I wondered, "Is he really?" While I do believe that each person has bodily autonomy and can do what they want with their own body (without hurting others), I also believe that our culture also focuses way too much on outward appearances. Though a person may look like they are on a journey to get healthier no one really knows what is happening on the inside. I would argue that what is happening on the inside is what really matters.

A lot of people are fighting battles no one knows, battles that don't present with the same "halo effect" of weight loss. What about the woman facing fertility struggles, doing everything in her body and mind to get pregnant? What about the man facing prostrate cancer, getting radioactive treatment that, at least for a while, has no outward signs? What about the person vigilantly monitoring supplement intake in order to overcome a nutrient deficiency? What about people like me trying to gain weight in order to heal a health condition? Does culture complement any of us?

Plato is said to have written, "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." I wish we could take this into account. What if, instead of looking at people, we asked how they were doing? What if instead of complimenting weight loss, we asked how people were feeling? What if we stopped complimenting people on their bodies, and instead affirmed their character? We never know if changes in one's body are intentional, either (Depth Counseling, 2025). The person could be dieting, or they could be sick. Yes, I believe we should steward our bodies and take good care of them, but I also wish our culture would stop focusing so much on them.

There is more to life than the body: mind, soul, spirit; relationships, hopes, dreams, fears. Can we give the body comments a break, and instead focus on the humans inhabiting those bodies? I think our holistic health as a society would be a whole lot better for it!

Reference:

Depth Counseling. (2025, April 8). A case for not commenting on people's weight loss. https://depthcounseling.org/blog/a-case-for-not-commenting-on-peoples-weight-loss

Weight Gain As A Runner

And it turns out, I need an even bigger body to accomplish my goals. I thought I was fueling well. I thought I was eating enough, given that my weight was stable, if not going up. But it turns out my body needed more, a lot more.

The little bit of weight gain I experienced while marathon training? Well, that was probably due to the training, as a small weight gain is related to higher metabolism, hydration, and training (1HUTTBOLE, 2026). Two to five pounds during a marathon training cycle reflects muscle mass, more glycogen, and more water stored with that glycogen (Gaudette, 2026). It turns out that my body needed more actual weight, though. It needed more weight to feel safe, to protect itself. I was fearing weight gain more than injury, and then the injury happened (Sekely, 2026). I never intended to set out on this journey to build a bigger body, but my stress fracture brought me to it, and I hope nutrition and weight gain will bring me through it.

It turns out that being heavier is actually better for my skeleton. "Being lighter doesn’t necessarily mean you’re putting 'less stress' on your skeleton especially if it means you’re falling into a state of low energy availability" says Registered Dietitian Serena Marie (2026). While I was not intentionally in a state of low energy availability, that was the only cause medical professionals could hypothesize as a cause of my injury. Additionally, my bone density was lower than "normal," and the only way to fix that was to gain weight in order to increase load on the bone (Haver, 2026). Then I had to grow bigger muscles to support that bone. And so I set out to do what the professionals told me: Eat in an energy surplus and then lift heavy.

It was not fun or easy to eat like a marathoner while not running. I guess I thought if I was in an energy deficit, my body would course correct as I ate more. Not so. It turns out that my body, just wanted to gain weight, and that weight gain happened quickly. I wrestled with it greatly. My clothes did not fit the same. I felt gross. I started to not recognize my body. Apparently this period of weight gain is something that happens to a lot of runners as they start to fuel correctly (Alm, 2026). I just started running a lot later in my life, and so the associated weight gain and body changes had to come later, when I already had a long history with a different body.

I will be honest that I initially fought the body changes, but I realized I could not continue living at war with myself every single day. So I had to change my goals. I had to change my goals to be to see how strong I could get, regardless of body size. I had to accept that I might need to buy all new clothes. I had to decide to live for my future self and not just my comfortable now self.

I have hopes that there are more running adventures (and maybe even more personal records?) on the other side of this. I have read stories where this is true (Amy Elizabeth, 2026, Infeld, 2024; Infeld, 2025; Quiet-Painting3, 2025; Run_Fast3r, 2023). But more than anything, I want to be healthy. I want to run longer. And I hope, to learn to accept myself in new ways. To quote Therapist Emily Brazier (2025), "So yeah, my body has changed. But so have I." I hope I get to the point that she did to say, "And I’m really proud of both."

So here's to the weight gain. Here's to the change. Lord help me! 

References:

Alm, M. [Host]. (2026, June 19). Q&A with Maddie - 32. [Audio podcast episode]. In Fueling Forward. https://rss.com/podcasts/fuelingforwardpodcast/2925615/

Amy Elizabeth. [@TinkGoesToArizona]. 2:59 → 2:44 On Monday in Boston, I closed the chapter on every PR I set while underweight.I’m a completely [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/DXfIacWgXvS/). 

Brazier, E. (@_healingwithemily_). Let’s be honest, my body has changed… a lot. And I’d be lying if I said I don’t still have [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/DX2ZyyUinlj/

Gaudette, J. (2026, April 29). Weight gain during marathon training: 3 causes explained. Runners Connect. https://runnersconnect.net/weight-gain-marathon-training/

Haver, M. C. (2026). The new perimenopause: An evidence-based guide to surviving the zone of chaos and feeling like yourself again. Rodale books.

Infeld, E. [@EmilyInfeld]. (2024, February 21). PSA to runners - skinnier is not faster! I get so sad when younger runners are worried about their weight and [Video]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3oH6lGApVb/

Infeld, E. [@EmilyInfeld]. (2025, November 17)). I didn’t get faster by getting smaller — I got faster by fueling. My running has never been defined by how [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/DRLKoDKEoWa/

1HUTTBOLE. (2026). Does anyone else gain weight when running more? [Online forum post.]. Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultramarathon/comments/1r6fcte/does_anyone_else_gain_weight_when_running_more/

Quiet-Painting3. (2025). I’ve found fueling to be the key for me. It allows me to train and recover better. I haven’t weighed  [Comment on the online forum post Getting faster despite having a heavier scale weight.]. Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/XXRunning/comments/1kzrewv/getting_faster_despite_having_a_heavier_scale/

Run_Fast3r. (2023). Extra weight won’t slow you down unless you gain too much body fat. Gaining weight by lifting weights and eating [Comment on the online form post Gaining weight as a distance runner]. Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/trackandfield/comments/12vgq6e/gaining_weight_as_a_distance_runner/

Serena Marie. [@SerenaMarieRD]. (2026, May 1). Being lighter doesn’t necessarily mean you’re putting “less stress” on your skeleton esp if it means you’re falling into a [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/DXzAUV6R_rV/)

Sekely, V. (@trainsmartrunstrong). (2026, May 6). Gna hold your hand when I say this… [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/DYAGOKekRIk/?img_index=2

A Lot of Thoughts About GLP-1s

I’m sitting in the lobby of the orthopedic doctor trying to mind my own business, but unable to help overhearing the conversation between what appear to be a middle-aged dad and his wife. Two young boys sit between them. Neither the man nor the woman appear to be of size, though the woman might possess a little more padding than the man. What are they talking about? From the words I catch, GLP-1s, how they help people lose weight, and how with “coaching,” ensure that people keep the weight off and stay "healthy." And here I sit, leaning toward the right side, trying to balance on my right butt cheek, so as to avoid pressure on my pelvis, where I have what x-rays shows as a fracture, what I believe to be a bone-stress injury due to overtraining and suboptimal fueling. I expect to be pretty grounded soon, doing a lot less exercise, and needing to eat a whole lot more so that my body will heal, so needless to say, this conversation does not sit well with me. Furthermore, I wonder what this conversation is doing to the two young boys sitting between this man and woman. They appear slight and thin, as many children are when they are active and still growing. One of the boys wears a yellow bracelet around his wrist. I assume it to be a hospital bracelet, and that the adults are here because of him, but who am I to know? What I do know is that the adults are not focused on the kids. They are focused on this conversation about weight loss, one I’d rather not be hearing, and one that, even though I don't know them, I’d rather these young boys not be hearing, either.

As I look around me on the world, I see lots of people with what appears to be “Ozempic face,” that tight, drawn look, that accompanies rapid weight loss (Cleveland Health Clinic, n.d.). I see people receiving attention and praise for their weight loss, and I wonder, “Are they really happy? Are they safe? Is this sustainable for them?" It's like these drugs are a status symbol. The wealthy, the really disciplined, the "good" people take these drugs, and the rest of people, well, they are somehow not good enough, sub-optimal.

I recognize that GLP-1 drugs have a purpose. I have family, and, I assume, friends, that I know benefit from them. In a world focused on external looks and obsessed with thinness, however, I don’t appreciate the spotlight or health halo that culture is giving these drugs (Pugh, 2024). It is making them less available to those people who really need them to treat their conditions, and leading to conversations like the one I overheard at the orthopedic office becoming commonplace.

What will become of our world as more and more people take GLP-1s? Will everyone feel the pressure to be skinny? Will sunken faces just become the norm? What about our children? What about people for whom these drugs don't work, leaving them swimming in an even greater sea of shame related to their body and health conditions? What about people like me, who need to fuel a lot in order to heal injuries, do sports, or just stay healthy? What will happen if these drugs somehow become unavailable? What if these drugs have horrific long term side effects about which we do not yet know?

Please hear me when I say I am not trying to be critical of people taking these drugs for legitimate medical reasons. I guess I just want to call into question the ubiquity of them, and ask people to do some critical thinking before hopping right on train to the injectable weight loss drug station. Weight loss is not for everyone. These drugs are not for everyone. Maybe let's keep discussions about prescription medication inside the doctor's examination rooms, and out of the waiting areas and other mainstream arenas of life. There is so much more to life than weight and body shape, and well, some of us are trying to push thoughts of weight out of our thoughts to focus on well, life, and the many things that living in a body means, regardless of the way that body appears, or weighs out on the scale.

References:

Cleveland Health Clinic. (n.d.). https://health.clevelandclinic.org/ozempic-face. 'Ozempic face': What it is and how to avoid it

Pugh, T. (2024, January 22). Everyone around me is losing weight. Terri Pugh. https://terripugh.com/Everyone-around-me-is-losing-weight/

The Running Body

If I had a dollar for every time someone tells me, "That's why you look so good," after they find out I am a runner, I would be much wealthier than I am. Sorry to break it to the masses, but the way I look is mostly not due to running. In fact, running may contribute to a less than "ideal" body type, something no one really talks about, so let me do that today.

Thin may be ideal in today's society, but my body shape and size is largely due to genetics. (Ask my dad about some of the pejorative comments people made about him and his siblings while they were growing up.) Thin is not, better, either. As a genetically smaller person, it is harder for me to gain muscle. I have less cushion when I fall. When I get sick and cannot consume adequate nutrition, my body has less to feed on. This body is my home and I am grateful for it, but its size does not make me any better (or worse) than the next person.

Though many people start running in an attempt to lose weight, that is not the case for me. Over the course of my second half-marathon training cycle, I actually gained about ten pounds. For me, that was actually a good thing. Whether I gained muscle or fat, I do not know. I just know that the scale went up. During my most recent work with a running dietitian, I learned that despite my efforts to the contrary, I was underfueling my runs (Moore, n.d.). Fueling more would further increase my weight, she said, but also skyrocket my performance. She wasn't wrong.

Running has added to the size of my butt, hips, and thighs, too. Those are not always areas that people generally want to grow. Pants that use to fit (even yoga pants!) have gotten tighter the more I run. I have outgrown pants in my usual size, and pants people gifted me based on my old body don't fit at all. This feels contradictory to the message that smaller means healthier. Not in my case.

My stomach is less flat and I feel more bloated and "fluffy" as I run more. This is probably due to muscle glycogen storage, as carbohydrates store water with them. I need carbohydrates and water to run long, though, so I have to accept this change. A dehydrated, underfueled body is no good for running!

Although some people seem to think that running means you can eat whatever you want, it is actually quite the opposite. Fun foods like pizza do not actually made for good post-run fuel (because of the lack of protein in that particular food). I have to eat better foods after I long run if I want to adequately recover. Needing my GI tract to cooperate with me while out for a long time actually means eating less "good-for-you" things like broccoli in the days before I run-no cheat days there, either. (High fiber and high fat are apparently difficult for the body to digest, which can lead to problems on the run.) I end up eliminating a lot of fruits and vegetables during carb loads before a race (which thankfully are only three days.) On the run, I actually need to eat things I might not normally want to, like baby food fruit pouches and or sugary gels. As many sports dietitians say, performance nutrition is not everyday nutrition.

Am I grateful for this body that allows me to run? One hundred percent! Am I running to change my body. No? In fact, running is changing my body is some ways that are not the most comfortable for me, and that actually make me look less "fit" according to societal standards. Fitting in is not what running is about for me, though. Running is about fitting in an enjoyable activity into my life. It is about doing something that fits with me and the person God made me to be. So, body changes or not, here I come, working at fueling better in order to get this body ready to run towards my next goals!

Reference:

Moore, E. (n.d.). The Dietitian Runner. https://thedietitianrunner.com/

Our Bodies Are Meant to Change.

It's a fact of life: bodies change, but that's not something consumer culture wants to normalize. Instead, it wants to sell us stuff to prevent that. I am not against these products per se. I have used anti-aging face cream for a long, long time. But what if we started normalizing body change? What if we destigmatized it? What if we tried to start accepting, and maybe even loving these ever changing shells that hold our souls?

Diet culture is a big bucks industry. In 2021, diet culture raked in over $60 billion dollars (Streatfeild et. al). Diets are ten percent (or less!) effect at changing bodies permanently, though (Alexander, 2020). Statistically, we're almost batting zero when we try to fight out body change. So what if we accepted it? As Jennifer Rollin (2017) writes, "Our bodies are not 'slabs of marble' and they are meant to change as we age. Thus, putting our self-worth into our body and appearance is a recipe for life-long discontent." And who wants that? 

If we changed our tact, we might work at feeling at home in our body. To do that, we will first have to disconnect our worth and identity from our body's shape and size (Mitchell, 2017a). Yes, our body is our home, but it isn't us. Feeling at home in our bodies means owning them, embodying them (Mitchell, 2017b), being grateful for them, and buying clothes for them in appropriate sizes (Nohling, 2018), even if that means sizing up (Rebolini, 2016). It's about more than feeling at home, though, it's about being at home.

Being at home in our bodies means building a holistically meaningful life. It's about "identifying your values and being able to align your behaviors and thoughts with your values" (Nohling, 2018b). It's about connecting with others (Nohling, 2017). It's about "getting wiser and more confident," and our bodies showing the age associated with that (Hartley, 2018). It's about accepting that there is nothing wrong with aging.

My body is not what it used to be. I am over thirty, not recovering as fast as I used to, and noticing a few wrinkles and age spots start to pop up, even in spite of that face cream I use. But you know what? The older I get, the more I want to accept this body in all of its changes. This body is mine. It is changing with me. It is changing for me, allowing me to live this one great, incredible life, and I am grateful to God for that!

References:

Alexander, H. (2020, June). Does your body have a set point weight and can you change it? MD Anderson Cancer Center. https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/what-is-your-body-s-set-point-weight-and-can-you-change-it-.h15-1593780.html

Hartley, R. (2018). Body image through stages of life. Rachael Hartley Nutrition. https://www.rachaelhartleynutrition.com/blog/body-image-through-stages-of-life

Mitchell, K. (2017a, October 13). Feeling at home in your body (<--I Adore This Phrase)  ImmaEatThat. https://immaeatthat.com/2017/10/13/feeling-at-home-in-your-body/

Mitchell, K. (2017b, October 17). Specific ideas for how to feel at home in your body. ImmaEatThat. http://immaeatthat.com/2017/10/17/specific-ideas-for-how-to-feel-at-home-in-your-body/

Nohling, R. (2017, December 7). I can't love my body at this weight. The Real-Life RD. https://www.thereallife-rd.com/2017/12/positive-body-image/

Nohling, R. (2018a, January 11). How to appreciate and care for your changing body. The Real-Life RD. https://www.thereallife-rd.com/2018/01/dealign-with-a-body-changes/

Nohling, R. (2018b, January 23). How to overcome fears around your body changing. The Real-Life RD. https://www.thereallife-rd.com/2018/01/fears-around-your-body-changing/

Rebolini, A. (2016, July 21). Getting rid of clothes I hated helped me love my body. Buzz Feed. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/instead-of-losing-weight-i-just-lost-the-clothes-7vd?

Rollin, J. (2017, July 5). What going up in clothing size really means. Huff Post. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-going-up-in-clothing-size-really-means_b_595cdbf9e4b0326c0a8d13dc

Streatfeild, J., Hickson, J., Austin, S. B., Hutcheson, R., Kandel, J. S., Lampert, J. G., Myers, E. M., Richmond, T. K., Samnaliev, M., Velasquez, K., Weissman, R. S., & Pezzullo, L. (2021). Social and economic cost of eating disorders in the United States: Evidence to inform policy action. The International journal of eating disorders, 54(5), 851–868. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23486

Don't Envy My Body.

I'm really tired of all the body talk, but I'm going to join the fracas for a moment since I feel I have some things to say. Those things are these: To those who envy thin bodies, I want to say "Thin people have problems, too." To those who think thin people have all the privileges, let me say, "Thin people face persecution, too." The thin ideal is not really ideal. Let me elaborate.

Appearance: Though in a smaller frame, I still feel self-conscious about how I look. I feel especially self-conscious because of comments people make such as, "Eat more." "You shouldn't run." "Life weights!" "Need some protein?" There is so much more that contributes to my appearance than food and exercise. Take my right arm, for instance. It's even skinnier than the rest of my body because of the botox treatment I receive to treat my focal dystonia. I can't control this, but I don't wish to talk to everyone about it, either.

Clothing: I don't have shapes and curves like some women, so finding clothes that fit right is a struggle. I prefer loose and billowy fashion, so this is not as big an issue for me as some others, but it still is a problem. Trying to find jeans for instance? Forget it. Most jeans are either too big or too small in certain places, often both. Designers don't cater to the typical "thin" body. I would argue that they don't cater to real bodies at all, but that's a different topic for a different day.

Dystonia: I wrote above about my atrophied right arm. Dystonia, visible or invisible, plagues my body. I have a neurological disorder and a disability, even in my thin "healthy" frame.

Energy: I don't have a lot of it. I generally try to eat plenty, but since my body doesn't have much fat stored, when I get hungry, my blood sugar drops fast. Then I get hangry, or otherwise emotionally dysregulated. It's not a good feeling.

Health: Some people tell me I look healthy because I am thin, but being thin carries with it its own inherent health problems. My body size makes me extremely sensitive to stress. More often than not, my yearly blood work shows that something is off, because my body just struggles to keep up with the pace of life. When I get sick, I can get really sick, and it can take me a long time to recover. Would these issues improve if I gained weight and my body grew bigger? Maybe. But if this is the size my body wants to be right now, forcing it to change might raise other problems.

I could probably go on and on, but I won't. Some people don't like my body. Some people do. I'm unfortunately in the former camp more often than not. And it is on those days especially that I want to shout from the rooftops, "Thin bodies are not the best bodies! Please don't envy me!"

I would argue that most of us struggle with our bodies. We all have bodies, after all. So instead of envying one another (I've been guilty, too!), could we respond with a little grace? Could we leave room for the body debates that some people want to have and step aside to have another discussion? Could we start talking about how we can support and care for one another in our struggles, how we can support and care for ourselves? Let's stop the envy, friends. Let's start some compassion. Let's stop talking about our bodies and start talking about some bigger things. Goodness knows there are bigger issues at stake in our world right now!

Don't Judge My Jeans (Or Whatever Pants I'm Wearing)

I didn't wear jeans until around fifth grade. I didn't like the way they fit or felt. I started wearing jeans when I moved to Arizona and was made fun of incessantly for my stretchy pants. I had a love/hate relationship with jeans shopping. I had to wear cowboy Wranglers for awhile to get them long enough. Later, I paid too much for Calvin Klein jeans that fit, but quickly ripped. I found some St. John's Bay jeans that fit for awhile, but then JC Penney stopped selling them. My last pairs of jeans were hand-me-downs from my Arkansas best friend. I outgrew one pair and the other is only good for winter. I told myself to look for new jeans and I occasionally did, but I didn't buy any last year. And I didn't for most of this year.

So what did I buy? Yoga pants and legging. They're not for everybody or every job, but they work for me. I spend a lot of my work days playing with kids. My body is constantly changing and fluctuating in size and yoga pants will fit most of the time. Yoga pants are cheaper and easier to clean than jeans anyway. And I can buy multiple pairs for the price of one pair of jeans. It seems like a win to me. And it feels more authentic.

Clothes are so much of a status symbol. And I'm not saying I'm immune. But what I am advocating for is more acceptance. Please don't judge me or the person next to me based on our pants (or our pant sizes!). You never know why a person wears what the clothes they wear. Those clothes might be all they have. Those clothes might be medically or job necessitated. Those clothes might be a marker of that person trying to accept their body. Those clothes might be just for comfort in a stormy season of life. Whatever the case, don't judge.

Side note: I did finally buy one pair of jeans. They're the same brand as my best friend hand-me downs, but decidedly shortly. They work with boots, so for this season, they'll do....

We Are A Motley Crew.

"We are quite the motley crew." Those are the words that came out of my mouth one night as I arrived home after my nearly ten hour day and found Mom just getting around to cooking dinner. I wasn't angry. I understood, because we all seem to be in the same boat these days.

I've written about how this past year wasn't what I expected, but man, this past year wasn't what my parents expected, either. I won't go into detail about their struggles, but suffice it to I'm not the only one facing health issues, lagging motivation, or discouragement. We need each other, or at least I need them.

Christmas 2017

At this stage of my life, I need my parents for a lot of things. I need them to feed me when I come home starving at 6:45 pm and need food stat before I go finish my paperwork for the day. I need them to put my tithe check in the offering at church on Sunday while I'm on the platform singing with the worship team. I need their listening ears when I have had a hard day and want a safe place to vent. I need Dad's car advice and Mom's medical knowledge. I need to have them cover for me when I can't complete my household chores. I need their encouragement and their truth-telling. I need their prayers. Basically, I'm surviving right now because of my parents' material and immaterial support, support I didn't really want or want to need when I moved home a year and a half ago.

I'm not sure I'm giving as much to my parents as they give to me, but I hope I'm contributing to their lives in some ways. It's not a tit-for-tat situation, but I hope that I can encourage my parents to at least some degree. I hope that on the days when I have extra time and can do extra around the house, that I help. I hope that I contribute to discussions by providing new information and a different perspective. I pray for Dad's safety as I hear his truck leave for work in the mornings. I pray for Mom's activities as I think of her throughout the days. I hope that in some ways, I'm improving the lives of my parents by living life with them in their home.

I joke that between the three of us adults at home, we might have one fully healthy, operational human. Each one of us has too many issues to be fully functional ourselves. But isn't that the way it's supposed to be? The Word says that, "Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ" (1 Cor 12:12, New International Version). We're meant to need each other. We're built to rely on each other. It's the world that tells us otherwise. 

Realizing my need for parental and community support is hard and humbling, but it's necessary, and biblical. The waves are rough and the seas are tough, but my parents are my crew. Motley or not, we're in this together.

I'll Let My Body Decide.

This is the thought I had as I laid down for a nap a week ago. I had debated this event all day in my head and couldn't decide whether or not to go. So I went to bed and decided to see if my body woke me up in time. It did, but my decision to not attend the event anyway is besides the point of this post.

The point of this post is my realization that I fail to listen to my body too much of the time. I write a lot about intuition, but it is something that still needs a lot of work in my life. There are definitely some times that I just have to push through, but sometimes I just can't, and I need to learn to be okay with that. And sometimes I need to tune out the noise around me and tune into my body. 

For example, instead of listening to the media noises that I should choose "healthy" desserts, maybe I should "give in" to my body's craving for Dairy Queen and go get a blizzard. Maybe I should ignore the societal "expectation" that I should wear jeans every day and wear the more comfortable yoga pants I own. Or maybe I should resist the pressure to overeat sugar at the holiday party and go home and have a healthy dinner because that is what will make me feel healthiest. Maybe I should press pause on the project I "should" have gotten done today and just go to bed because my body and brain are tired. There are times and places for limits and accountability and boundaries, but God made my body smart. I need to listen to it more.

What about you? Are there areas where you need to tune out, and tune in? Please share below.