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You Don’t Have to Be “On” All the Time
The power of going offline and embracing silence.
Hello Friend,
Let’s be honest…
We live in a time where everyone feels like they need to be “on” 24/7.
📱 Always replying.
🎥 Always posting.
💬 Always available.
🔥 Always grinding.
But here’s a radical idea for 2025:
You’re allowed to disappear.
You’re allowed to rest.
You’re allowed to not perform for the world.
Why This Lesson Hits Hard Right Now
With notifications, algorithms, and constant visibility, the pressure to show up—perfectly—is exhausting.
So many of us are silently burned out because we’re trying to live our lives as a performance instead of a process.
But real growth? Real peace? That happens offline.
In the silence.
In the pause.
In the moments no one else sees.
Try This Mini-Challenge This Week
🔇 Go invisible for one hour a day.
No phone.
No updates.
No checking in.
Take a walk. Journal. Think. Lie down and stare at the ceiling. Let the world move without you for a moment.
Because it will.
And when you return, you’ll be clearer, calmer, and more you.
This is NOT laziness.
It’s boundaries.
It’s healing.
It’s regaining your energy and direction.
You don’t have to ghost the world.
But you also don’t have to be available to it every second.
Quote to Remember
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you.” — Anne Lamott
You are not a machine.
You’re a human being.
And human beings need space, stillness, and the right to go dark now and then.
You don’t need to explain your rest.
You just need to protect it.
Keep showing up — for you,
The Uplift Weekly Team
P.S. If this hit home, forward it to someone who needs permission to go quiet for a bit.

Anne Lamott
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