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So we've got to optimize rest now? I'm so tired of this world.

unethical_ban 5y ago
We always have. This article is for the person who doesn't understand, or hasn't implemented, good work/rest balance.
leobg 5y ago
Haha. I said the same thing to Tim Ferriss in 2010 when he talked about “hacking” meditation. He did not take that well.
- mrweasel 5y ago
  That is hilarious. Ferriss is an interesting guy, but there's something funky going on when you're trying to "hack" century old concept. It's basically Schwarzenegger telling you to sleep faster.
rocketpastsix 5y ago
Unfortunately, yea we do. Now that more people are working from home the lines between work and not work are incredibly blurred. Add the increased connectivity we all have (email/slack/teams/etc on phones, laptops as work computers), it is essential we build good and meaningful habits of rest.
glial 5y ago
Relevant recent post from the always delightful Convivial Society: https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/you-cant-optimize-for-rest https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/you-cant-optimize... Takeaway: There are two key points. First, our exhaustion—in its various material and immaterial dimensions—is a consequence of the part we play in a techno-social milieu whose rhythms, scale, pace, and demands are not conducive to our well-being, to say nothing of the well-being of other creatures and the planet we share. Second, the remedies to which we often turn may themselves be counterproductive because their function is not to alter the larger system which has yielded a state of chronic exhaustion but rather to keep us functioning within it. Moreover, not only do the remedies fail to address the root of the problem, but there’s also a tendency to carry into our efforts to find rest the very same spirit which animates the system that left us tired and burnt out. Rest takes on the character of a project to be completed or an experience to be consumed. In neither case do we ultimately find any sort of meaningful and enduring relief or renewal.
- embeng4096 5y ago
  Thanks for sharing this. I've subscribed to the newsletter
HPsquared 5y ago
Tired? Sounds like you need more rest.

We always have. This article is for the person who doesn't understand, or hasn't implemented, good work/rest balance.

Haha. I said the same thing to Tim Ferriss in 2010 when he talked about “hacking” meditation. He did not take that well.

mrweasel 5y ago
That is hilarious. Ferriss is an interesting guy, but there's something funky going on when you're trying to "hack" century old concept. It's basically Schwarzenegger telling you to sleep faster.

rocketpastsix 5y ago

Unfortunately, yea we do. Now that more people are working from home the lines between work and not work are incredibly blurred. Add the increased connectivity we all have (email/slack/teams/etc on phones, laptops as work computers), it is essential we build good and meaningful habits of rest.

glial 5y ago

Relevant recent post from the always delightful Convivial Society: https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/you-cant-optimize-for-rest https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/you-cant-optimize... Takeaway: There are two key points. First, our exhaustion—in its various material and immaterial dimensions—is a consequence of the part we play in a techno-social milieu whose rhythms, scale, pace, and demands are not conducive to our well-being, to say nothing of the well-being of other creatures and the planet we share. Second, the remedies to which we often turn may themselves be counterproductive because their function is not to alter the larger system which has yielded a state of chronic exhaustion but rather to keep us functioning within it. Moreover, not only do the remedies fail to address the root of the problem, but there’s also a tendency to carry into our efforts to find rest the very same spirit which animates the system that left us tired and burnt out. Rest takes on the character of a project to be completed or an experience to be consumed. In neither case do we ultimately find any sort of meaningful and enduring relief or renewal.

embeng4096 5y ago
Thanks for sharing this. I've subscribed to the newsletter

HPsquared 5y ago

Tired? Sounds like you need more rest.