Albert Einstein was staring at a candle when he came up with his famous equation on mass and energy; Isaac Newton was taking a nap under an apple tree when the Theory of Gravity dawned upon him. Pulitzer price winner John McPhee gets his most brilliant ideas while lying face up on a picnic table and Archimedes was enjoying a well deserved bath when his brain suddenly went "Eureka!"
Does that make these brilliant people lazy 'because they don't work hard!'? Can you call what these people did and do 'mindfullness'? Maybe. No matter what you call them and their methods, they seem(ed) to realize that the mind needs rest to come to its full potential.
"Yeah, but if you don't constantly work hard, you'll never be rich!" is a myth.
Do you often 'rest your mind'? And no, mindlessly staring at something on Netflix or scrolling through Tik Tok does absolutely not give your mind its much needed rest. On the contrary. These non-actions produce hormones that overactivate your brain. Not good.
"Yeah, but if I don't constantly work, I'm not productive!" Nonsense. A fairy tale, told by managers to their [slaves] workers at some mine or factory a thousand years ago. We need breaks on regular intervals to rejuvinate, to be able to stay active, to be able to think clearly.
What is your favourite way of taking a short break from work?
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