A Rest

"A change is better than a rest."

I read this some time ago, on another blog--and for a long time, it was my mantra. I waited--not so patiently--for a change. Any sort of change. Different classes, different apartment. Different type of degree. Anything that was a new pace or a new focus. Anything.

But now, I am thinking that there is no rest like...well, rest. I don't know how we do it--all, or any of us. How do we keep going, stay motivated? How do you prevent exhaustion or burnout? How do you stay engaged or involved? How do you continue to grow and not get static? Or how do you push forward, when you are bored or frustrated?

And what do you do when you are tired? Tired with no promise of rest? What do you do, when you've been going for years and years--it seems--without stopping? How do you get out of a cycle of exhaustion?

A rest, my friends. All I want is a fucking rest.