I am over 40 years old and I am still fighting my sleep. Sound familiar?
This episode started with a nap I didn’t want to take and a conversation with my line sister who felt stagnant — even though I could see her milestone clearly from where I was standing. She called it a cocoon. And I realized — she was fighting her sleep too.
We’ve normalized being so overstimulated that stillness feels like failure. But what if the cocoon isn’t stagnation? What if rest isn’t the absence of progress — but the requirement for it?
Whatever season you’re in right now, whatever you’ve been fighting — this one is for you.
The cocoon is not the end. It is the becoming. peace.
