Hello there, how are you? Recently I was a bit ill. It started with that slightly shivery cold feeling and progressed into the sore throat from hell coupled with the headache to end all headaches. I was running two workshops on the day that I started to feel unwell. I could feel it growing as I went through the day and by the time I got home I was ready for bed. As soon as I realised that I wasn’t well, I cancelled the next day’s worth of workshops and then I cancelled the clients that I had booked in for the day after as well. I took myself to bed and I largely stayed there. I slept, I rested, I had a couple of lovely hot baths, I cuddled the cats, I cuddled my beautiful dog Bear and I slept some more. I didn’t soldier on. I didn’t make myself do any work. I didn’t force myself to run the workshops. I didn’t insist that I see my one to one clients. I knew that if I made myself do those things then my illness would get worse. I knew that it would take longer for me to get better. And I also knew that I wouldn’t be able to give my best to the workshop attendees or my one to one clients. So I cancelled it all and I looked after myself, because that was the right thing to do, for myself AND for everyone else. Why am I telling you this? Because I want you to look after yourself too, not just when you’re ill but all the time. Because it’s the right thing to do, for yourself AND for everyone else. Go, enjoy.