How to Rest

Between making time for work, family, friends, exercise, chores, shopping-the list goes on and on-it can feel like a huge accomplishment to just take a few minutes to read a book or watch TV before bed. All that busyness can lead to poor sleep quality when we finally do get to put our heads down.
How does our relationship with rest impact our ability to gain real benefits from it? And how can we use our free time to rest in a culture that often moralizes rest as laziness? Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, the author of several books on rest and director of global programs at 4 Day Week Global, explains what rest is and how anyone can get started doing it more effectively.
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[@justaki3968]

This was what I needed for tonight. It's almost 12 am for me and I'm so stressed. I have a lot to do in the next 3 weeks to the point I barely have time to sleep. Thank you!

[@lucastrottier8292]

This whole wonderful episode I was thinking about noodles and how eating a snack has become my break time and weather that's good or not... I was not expecting that ending!

[@rklein]

I'm secular and even I know "to rest" as the mentioned biblical reference is to stop and admire what you've accomplished all week while chilling out. Matter of fact, if everyone did kick back each week to admire their creations then less people would allow themselves to be stuck in dead end, crappy, and useless jobs. Forgive me if this is covered later in the podcast, but it's late and I couldn't make it all the way through. 😀

[@stephenboisvert6703]

I think it's notable that extroverts are more likely to both hold policy-making positions and find socialization "restful." That is, their office talk might take place of Darwin's walks. As an introvert (to the point of being arguably autistic), I'm really hesitating to go back to work as a software engineer for any company until I can negotiate a 32 hour workweek. Life's too short to constantly be eager for the day to end. Another thing execs miss out on: people can do their best work while learning a little on the job. This ties into flow I think. It's not necessarily that your skills are perfected for the task, but that you're fully engaged in what you're doing. Interest is an ingredient.

[@100BlaQRaok.el_1]

The 8 hour rest before work is an issue because the system that designates our rest time is based on their work schedual which varies. Myself, I sleep 3-5 hour abd will rise up many time around 1-3 o'clock get up and do something creative, go back to sleep for approximatly 2-3 hours.

[@efrentorres4422]

My rest is giving my body some slack the other kind of rest i call it sleep.

[@rwaters9709]

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