Feeling end-of-year burnout, but also compelled to maximize every quiet moment? Very first-gen of you. That’s why we made you this video of affirmations: To remind you that rest is both biological and birthright, and to challenge our urge to turn nourishing holiday downtime into self-improvement and productivity. Rest, friend.

Affirmations in text form, below:

🤎 I honor my body's need for winter stillness, even when my mind has hands.

🤎 I trust that I do not need to earn my rest through productivity. Rest is my birthright and my biology. My generational wealth won't evaporate if I take a nap.

🤎 I release the urge to turn every quiet moment into another self-improvement project.

🤎 My presence is enough, even without the performance.

🤎 I give myself permission to be unavailable, unremarkable, and unproductive.

🤎 I choose to let the weight of family expectations rest beside me, not on me. The family group chat will survive without my emotional labor right now.

🤎 I trust that my ancestor’s and family’s dreams for me include joy, not just success; and peace, not just progress.

🤎 I release the weight of being everyone's emergency contact, even just for this moment.

🤎 I release the guilt of choosing rest over responsibility, knowing both can coexist.

🤎 I am not more important than my body’s needs. I honor the exhaustion in my bones as a sign of how far I've come.

🤎 I trust that my community will still be there even if I step back to breathe.