Today I\u2019m feeling sore and tired from hard strength workouts, playing lots of basketball, and doing a hill sprint session yesterday with my son. I\u2019ve been working out hard, and I\u2019m really feeling it!<\/p>\n
So I\u2019m going to take some rest and recovery time. Anyone who is into fitness knows the hidden value of recovery: this is when we actually get stronger. The workout is important, but recovery is arguably even more important, because that\u2019s when our body rebuilds itself into something strong. Without it, we will burn out or get injured.<\/p>\n
This applies not just to fitness, but everywhere in our lives: with work, learning, relationships, and more. It\u2019s great to do the work \u2014 but if you\u2019re not giving yourself adequate rest, or time to recover, you\u2019re going to grind yourself into the ground. It\u2019s much worse for your long-term progress.<\/p>\n
If you want to get better at focusing on hard tasks<\/strong> \u2026 you have to give yourself time when you don\u2019t have to focus. Otherwise your ability to focus get worse, from constantly trying to focus.<\/p>\n If you want to get better at dealing with chaos and uncertainty and discomfort<\/strong> \u2026 you have to face those things, but you also have to give yourself a break where you get to have comfort and security. Otherwise you deteriorate your ability to face discomfort.<\/p>\n If you want to become more productive, or better at studying things<\/strong> \u2026 you have to give yourself time when you don\u2019t have to be productive, or don\u2019t have to be studying hard. Otherwise you will become less productive over time, or worse at being able to study.<\/p>\n If you want to show up for your partner with a sense of love and intimacy<\/strong> \u2026 you have to have times when you take space away from intimacy, when you can take a break from having to love someone, and just be. Otherwise you\u2019ll be less able to be open with them, and more burdened and resentful about them.<\/p>\n So take a moment to assess yourself: where do you need more rest? Are you feeling worn down, with a diminished capacity?<\/p>\n And how can you take responsibility for getting the nourishing and replenishing rest that you need, in order to show up more fully over the long run?<\/p>\n Btw, next week Wednesday (Aug. 14), my friend and simplicity expert \u200bCourtney Carver of Be More with Less\u200b<\/a> is teaching a workshop related to this topic, for my \u200bFearless Living Academy\u200b<\/a>, called 3 Gentle Seasons. She\u2019ll teach us practices to overcome chronic overwhelm, cultivate self-compassion, and find permission to do less, and how to let go of doing it all, to live with less stress and more ease, less overwhelm and more joy, and more!<\/p>\n The workshop is free for members of FLA \u2014 \u200bcome join us\u200b<\/a>!<\/p>\n The post The Surprising Value of Rest<\/a> appeared first on zen habits<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Leo Babauta Today I\u2019m feeling sore and tired from hard strength workouts, playing lots of basketball, and doing a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,187],"tags":[180,188],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132114"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132115,"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132114\/revisions\/132115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}