Mom’s Week Off Includes Pottery and Facials, Ends in Exhaustion Shock
KEY POINTS
- •The author took the first full week of 2026 off with a strict one-activity-per-day plan to rest intentionally.
- •Her week included pottery painting, massage, garage decluttering, Netflix, facials, cooking, chauffeuring kids, and joining Costco.
- •APA's Dr. Thema Bryant advised that childcare and home labor count as work and suggested outsourcing for true rest.
In early 2026, a super-ambitious multitasking mom decided to 'rest' the civilized way by pacing her week with exactly one treat a day: pottery painting with her kid on Tuesday, a massage, garage decluttering, Netflix binging, and wrapping it all up with a Friday facial – because nothing screams 'vacation' like waxing your stress away. She even joined Costco amid inflation paranoia, cooked all meals to save cash, and played taxi driver for her kids; alas, exhaustion hit harder than her rogue garage clutter. Enter Dr. Thema Bryant, APA ex-president and author, who coldly diagnosed this masterclass in misresting as swapping one job for another and recommended outsourcing labor – a brutal wake-up call reminding us that rest also requires endless permission slips from workaholic parent guilt.
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Took a 'vacation' of signature self-care and domestic chores; shockingly, exhaustion ensued. Turns out breaking up with meetings but marrying errands won’t fool anyone.
Taking a whole week off to replace Zoom calls with carpools and Costco runs is peak adult-level trolling yourself.
Your vacation isn’t a break if your laundry does laps around you and your kids’ schedules are non-negotiable.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/17/2026 | Author: Joi-Marie McKenzie
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