What Does It Mean to Really, Truly Rest?
Sleep is fine (but it has to be “productive” deep sleep, no naps!!); self-care is fine (so long as it also involves buying things, resisting aging, etc. etc.); exercise is great (disciplining and regimenting the body). But truly doing nothing, not even birding, not even gentle walking, not even organizing , where’s the moral value in that?
Anne Helen Petersen • Bed Rotting and Loud Quitting
Rest is important in the age of automation because it demands creativity from those that don’t want to live a mechanical and predetermined life. Rest is the driving force behind your mind’s creative ability. Humans aren’t robots, yet most of our lives are spent in an unconscious repetition of tasks that are graded by time spent rather than results.
Dan Koe • The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future
forgotten how to rest. I’m tired, inevitably. But it’s more than that. I’m hollowed out. I’m tetchy and irritable, constantly feeling like prey, believing that everything is urgent and that I can never do enough.
Katherine May • Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
The thing is, there will always be more on the to-do list. There will always be people who need you, things to accomplish, deadlines to meet. You will never find the time to get into a hammock for an entire day and truly collapse into the knowledge that you got it all done. The best time to rest is today. You do have time, you do have the tools, yo... See more