Surprisingly, this is not a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy reference, but an actual fact. From Burnout: Solve Your Stress Cycle, by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
What does it declare???
“It will grab you by the face, shove you to the ground, put its foot on your chest, and declare itself the victor.”
The really interesting thing (imo) about this chapter of the book, is how it defines rest. It’s not talking just about sleeping, but also things like social connection and physical movement. So the 42% of your day that is rest might involve:
Meaningful conversation with someone you have a connection with
Exercising
Paying attention to your food, whether that’s shopping for it, cooking it or eating it
Socialising
Daydreaming
Each of us will need a different balance of these things, and each of these individual things will be different from person to person. The socialising and the meaningful connections might be IRL or it might be online - one of the examples in the book of something that counts as rest is “live-tweet Games of Thrones with a thousand fellow fans”.
It’s a really interesting book - definitely worth reading :)
(And Douglas Adams was obviously right all along - 42 is the answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything;)
posted with 72117 notes on April 15, 2024 via natroze