Why you should rest more...
You should rest more they say.
Read a book, sun bath, take up pottery, what ever, but Rest.
You’ll be less stressed.
We can talk about stuff like that 👆
Things you can DO to achieve an outcome or solve a problem.
Advice!
What we don’t talk about is the fact that we can’t get ourselves to actually consistently do the thing.
That we TRY to rest but our brains either divert us before we sit down to rest or pull us in all kinds of different directions or just make us feel more stressed while doing them.
99% of content is information that serves 1% of people.
How to…
How to sleep
How to leader
How to eat
How to rest
How to … fill in the blank.
They’re great. Fine I guess. But they are almost NEVER the problem.
The thing is not the thing
The problem is never the problem.
You’re a human BEING not a human doing.
Your problem is a being problem not a doing problem.
If you can sleep, if you can’t rest it’s all about who you are being. That’s the real problem
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