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You don’t need a vacation — you need 6 months of ambitious underemployment, of relaxed discipline, of productive exploration, of intentional meandering, … of hard leisure.
Towards the end of last year, I was burned out.
Even a 3 week vacation didn't help.
So instead of pushing through it, I worked a lot less. I dropped off of social media & spent more time doing hobbies.
Now I'm feeling super motivated again.... See more
Benji Hyamx.comRather than viewing vacations as a last-ditch tool to save someone on the edge, it’s better to think of extended breaks as part of a broader “rest” strategy that includes mini-breaks, sound sleep, and off-days. In other words, when it comes to a comprehensive “rest” strategy, vacations are not the cake—they are merely the icing on top of it, a
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this is exactly what i did in 2018 - 10/10 no regrets
from @SamoBurja w @auren: "Taking a year or two off from an extremely highly accomplished career to go and read in seclusion or travel outside of tourism and so on. And let me emphasize: don’t do ayahuasca, don’t do acid, don’t go to alternative spiritual... See more
Intentional leisure is not the absence of labor but the presence of purpose—the freedom to practice active rest that heals as an exploration that cultivates meaning. When we blend education and vacation as an integrated lifestyle it generates exponential value.