I love the idea of this. Sometimes it feels unrealistic to carve out an entire day for rest or just look forward to a future vacation but micro-rest is realistic! and sustainable! and available to us whenever we need it. Thank you for sharing this practice, Sarah!
I once heard a story from a CEO who talked about rest and culture, and he mentioned that if it's too big to do within the next month (rest), then it has to be smaller, and he pushes his team not to delay and use a full week "later", but to use a half day and a friday off more regularly (in addition to the full week later).
Love this. I think one particular angle is the pressure we put on ourselves to always be doing more (as both parents and professionals). Whenever I am able to unhook from that and build doing less into my regular routine, I find I am a happier person/parent as well as more productive when it is time to work.
The double whammy of doing 'more' as both parents AND professionals is such a hard one. So far what's worked for me is picking one (or two, max) things I'm doing at any given time. For example, in parenting: we're working on sleep and reading. Those are our two priorities. Everything else is optional.
I love the idea of this. Sometimes it feels unrealistic to carve out an entire day for rest or just look forward to a future vacation but micro-rest is realistic! and sustainable! and available to us whenever we need it. Thank you for sharing this practice, Sarah!
I once heard a story from a CEO who talked about rest and culture, and he mentioned that if it's too big to do within the next month (rest), then it has to be smaller, and he pushes his team not to delay and use a full week "later", but to use a half day and a friday off more regularly (in addition to the full week later).
Woah – LOVE that. Such a good framework
Love this. I think one particular angle is the pressure we put on ourselves to always be doing more (as both parents and professionals). Whenever I am able to unhook from that and build doing less into my regular routine, I find I am a happier person/parent as well as more productive when it is time to work.
The double whammy of doing 'more' as both parents AND professionals is such a hard one. So far what's worked for me is picking one (or two, max) things I'm doing at any given time. For example, in parenting: we're working on sleep and reading. Those are our two priorities. Everything else is optional.