Interesting! I also heard that Winston Churchill slept only four hours at night and a few hours in the afternoon. He had an unusual pattern! I struggle to relax and think it's to do with our neoliberalism culture (feel free to go on a huge dive into that one - I got obsessed about it as it came about with Maggie Thatcher). Neoliberalism is all about competition and value, and individualism. We have it trained in us that time is money, and we constantly need to be improving ourselves/lives rather than being content and community focused. I try to focus on doing things that give me energy so that I don't need to be a vegetable to relax/rest. So many things are worthwhile doing for fun and relaxation that don't need to count towards any'thing'. Most of the time I need a mental break, and doing something physical with my hands is essential. We aren't built to sit on computers all day and so need to do more with our bodies I think, restoring the balance. There's a great piece I read once about different types of rest: https://ideas.ted.com/the-7-types-of-rest-that-every-person-needs/
Interesting! I also heard that Winston Churchill slept only four hours at night and a few hours in the afternoon. He had an unusual pattern! I struggle to relax and think it's to do with our neoliberalism culture (feel free to go on a huge dive into that one - I got obsessed about it as it came about with Maggie Thatcher). Neoliberalism is all about competition and value, and individualism. We have it trained in us that time is money, and we constantly need to be improving ourselves/lives rather than being content and community focused. I try to focus on doing things that give me energy so that I don't need to be a vegetable to relax/rest. So many things are worthwhile doing for fun and relaxation that don't need to count towards any'thing'. Most of the time I need a mental break, and doing something physical with my hands is essential. We aren't built to sit on computers all day and so need to do more with our bodies I think, restoring the balance. There's a great piece I read once about different types of rest: https://ideas.ted.com/the-7-types-of-rest-that-every-person-needs/
I love this piece, it really resonated with me.
P.S. Congratulations on winning the award for being my first commenter who I haven't met in real life :D
Hi Jessica, that's really encouraging to hear, thanks :)
Let me know if there's any questions your mulling over or topics you'd like to hear from me on. Peace.