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As a counterpoint, biological systems grow stronger when stressed then allowed to recover. Routines are great when interspersed with periods of non-breaking st
by citrablue 8y ago
As a counterpoint, biological systems grow stronger when stressed then allowed to recover.
Routines are great when interspersed with periods of non-breaking stress. Growth is dependent on stress.
I refer to a more general term of stress, not necessarily psychological. Although the latter can make you a stronger/more empathetic person; the danger is in not being able to let go of them for the restoration/growth period.
- agumonkey 8y agototally, and I recently learned biology has a name for it: hormesis. I use to borrow Taleb's coined antifragile term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis We all know that we need stress/efforts to stay in shape (the weak bones of astronauts being a nice example). And it's indeed baked in us. And by rhythm I didn't mean stress free. I meant having clear periods of a certain kind of stress (or the opposite). Basically, stress your system with all the subsystems ready for it, then allow them to rest in an appropriate context. As a young adult (remains of teen spirit I guess) I prefered to attack everything at once in parallel. But when things get too complex I realized the value of going depth rather than breadth first. It's related, you do one thing fully, then stop entirely, instead of constantly feeding small amount of stress and never large enough amount of rest.
- citrablue 8y agoAgreed, what you say reflects my own growth as I've gotten older. I'm hesitant to call it wisdom, but it's served me better than the outlook from my youth.