I'm Tired!

As I sat here preparing to write to you, I closed my eyes for a second.
Big mistake!
I realized in the few moments that passed with my eyes closed how tired I was. Emotionally, spiritually and physically tired.
Maybe it's the culmination of weeks of holidays. 
Maybe it's settling in to my new routine with out my support staff here on a daily basis.
Maybe it's a result of months and months of the daily grind of trying to figure out what's "next" for me.
Maybe it's knowing that the Grooming Shoppe is well on it's way to being self sufficient and no longer needs my attention.
Maybe the fact that yet another Halloween season is coming to a close.
Maybe I peeked at the calendar and realized that I will soon be a year older.
Maybe it's all of these and much more.
All I know is that I am tired.
Good to know.
 So what!
I'm not about to take a nap.
Shutting down is not an option for me right now.
Taking it easy is not something I know how to do.
So what do I do with "tired"?
Acknowledge it and move on.
Maybe I pull up a little bit knowing that tired may bring about less than 100% effort.
Maybe I find the 1 or 2 or 3 items that absolutely need my attention and put the others aside for another time. 
Maybe I take a step back before jumping into a new project or at least put it off for a moment.
Once again, maybe it's all of the above.
I do know one thing for sure. Over the last 48 hours or so,the topic of being part of a team has surfaced over and over again. 
Being alone, working alone,doing everything myself is exhausting.
1 + 1 does not always equal 2. 
Two people working together increases potential geometrically, not arithmetically.
As the song says,one is the loneliest number that there ever was.
Don't get me wrong. I still have the same supreme confidence in my abilities that I always have had.I just know that with a team, no matter how big or small, that potential becomes infinitely more than when I work at it alone.