--- date: '2022-11-20T16:47:28' hypothesis-meta: created: '2022-11-20T16:47:28.055472+00:00' document: title: - Rest in motion flagged: false group: __world__ hidden: false id: BJBM9mjzEe25nGNVhh66wA links: html: https://hypothes.is/a/BJBM9mjzEe25nGNVhh66wA incontext: https://hyp.is/BJBM9mjzEe25nGNVhh66wA/mindingourway.com/rest-in-motion/ json: https://hypothes.is/api/annotations/BJBM9mjzEe25nGNVhh66wA permissions: admin: - acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is delete: - acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is read: - group:__world__ update: - acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is tags: - productivity - mental health - resting target: - selector: - endContainer: /main[1]/article[1]/section[1]/p[4] endOffset: 394 startContainer: /main[1]/article[1]/section[1]/p[4] startOffset: 4 type: RangeSelector - end: 1546 start: 1156 type: TextPositionSelector - exact: the work that needs to be done is not a finite list of tasks, it is a neverending stream. Clothes are always getting worn down, food is always getting eaten, code is always in motion. The goal is not to finish all the work before you; for that is impossible. The goal is simply to move through the work. Instead of struggling to reach the end of the stream, simply focus on moving along it. prefix: 'est state and wear me down. But ' suffix: ' Advertisements and media often' type: TextQuoteSelector source: https://mindingourway.com/rest-in-motion/ text: 'This is true and worth remembering. It is very easy to fall into the mindset of "I''ll rest when I''m finished" ' updated: '2022-11-20T16:48:53.423785+00:00' uri: https://mindingourway.com/rest-in-motion/ user: acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is user_info: display_name: James Ravenscroft in-reply-to: https://mindingourway.com/rest-in-motion/ tags: - productivity - mental health - resting - hypothesis type: annotation url: /annotation/2022/11/20/1668962848 --- <blockquote>the work that needs to be done is not a finite list of tasks, it is a neverending stream. Clothes are always getting worn down, food is always getting eaten, code is always in motion. The goal is not to finish all the work before you; for that is impossible. The goal is simply to move through the work. Instead of struggling to reach the end of the stream, simply focus on moving along it.</blockquote>This is true and worth remembering. It is very easy to fall into the mindset of "I'll rest when I'm finished"