In today's fast-paced world, where productivity and hustle are celebrated, we often overlook the importance of rest, but did you know that rest is a crucial component of a healthy-life.
Rest helps manage stress levels and lowers blood pressure, contributing to a healthier heart.
Rest helps you think more clearly, have quicker reflexes and focus better. “The fact is, when we look at well-rested people, they seem to operate at a different level.
So why don’t people make enough time to rest and relax on a daily basis?
What I notice with many people and my clients is, it’s often seen as being lazy, non-productive and even selfish and people just seem to feel guilty.
The issue is we are not robots or machines and if we don’t make more time to rest the consequences soon filter in, lack of sleep raised anxiety, higher level of stress as well as numerous physical ailments.
When our lack of rest builds up we can often turn to over or under eating and even drugs or alcohol to soothe our already restless nerves. We are often irritable and our moods can swing enormously and of course even end up in burn out.
As always what is the solution, how can we schedule time in for rest and still feel productive in the world?
I guess for what it’s worth I can only look to research and my own experience, if I don’t make time for my health I wil have to make time for my illness.
Perhaps just start paying attention to your own schedule, are you already starting to feel the effects of lack of rest? if so perhaps start by making time for one small kind act to yourself where you can rest, by starting with something small maybe an early night, a few moments to sit in nature, or even a long bath.
I GUARANTEE to you ,you will soon start to reap the benefits and will automatically begin to schedule more rest into your busy life.
Finally remember you would give this advise to a friend so how about doing it for yourself?