I went radio silent last week. No newsletter, no blog post, no social media.

I had been so bombarded with the entire internet screaming about black Friday, Cyber Monday and the nonstop election drama, I just couldn’t stomach being there. Or adding even one more thing into the mix. (Even the anti-consumerism folks wanted you to sign up for their particular anti-consumer thing. And then tweet about it. #youmustbekidding)

I had had enough.

It’s not a feeling I experience often.

Learning to say “Enough” (and act on it) has consistently been one of my most radical acts. The perfect opportunity to practice (again) presented itself just this past week.

I was rewarded with time, which these days, is the most precious gift to me. Time to sit in a cozy living room, wearing purple slippers, and having deep conversations with smart, kind people.

Time to allow the hard stuff to finally make its way to the surface to be dealt with.

Time to make plans.

Time to be idle.

The rewards of that simple declaration are personal and situation-dependent. For me, last week, it was time. For others, it might be peace. Another time, it might be a clearing that reveals what has been concealed.

There is always something beneficial to a pronouncement of enough.

The world, unfortunately, will not help you understand this. The nature of commerce lies in the fundamental belief of not-enoughness.

So it requires strength.

Sometimes creating a container to hold such a thing requires the most solid reinforcement. Like a superhero holding the walls apart of a room that is closing in.

Which is why I recommend a practice of three steps:

• Cultivate your resourcefulness.
• Ask for help when you need it.
• Trust

That last one’s a biggie. Instead of feeding that bottomless need to know enough, have enough, be enough, trust that you ARE enough.

Because that’s the only truth there is. You are enough.

Even when it takes an experience of too much to help you remember.