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2022-11-20T16:53:00	created document flagged group hidden id links permissions tags target text updated uri user user_info 2022-11-20T16:53:00.027245+00:00 title Rest in motion false __world__ false ynPUBmjzEe2xBVPY9eauIQ html incontext json https://hypothes.is/a/ynPUBmjzEe2xBVPY9eauIQ https://hyp.is/ynPUBmjzEe2xBVPY9eauIQ/mindingourway.com/rest-in-motion/ https://hypothes.is/api/annotations/ynPUBmjzEe2xBVPY9eauIQ admin delete read update acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is group:__world__ acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is mental health productivity resting selector source endContainer endOffset startContainer startOffset type /main[1]/article[1]/section[1]/p[7] 463 /main[1]/article[1]/section[1]/p[7] 0 RangeSelector end start type 2547 2084 TextPositionSelector exact prefix suffix type The actual reward state is not one where you're lazing around doing nothing. It's one where you're keeping busy, where you're doing things that stimulate you, and where you're resting only a fraction of the time. The preferred ground state is not one where you have no activity to partake in, it's one where you're managing the streams of activity precisely, and moving through them at the right pace: not too fast, but also not too slow. For that would be boring ctive state, not a passive one. . And yet, most people have this TextQuoteSelector https://mindingourway.com/rest-in-motion/ Doing nothing at all is boring. When we "rest" we are actually just doing activities that we find interesting rather than those we find dull or stressful. 2022-11-20T16:53:00.027245+00:00 https://mindingourway.com/rest-in-motion/ acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is display_name James Ravenscroft	https://mindingourway.com/rest-in-motion/	mental health productivity resting hypothesis	reply	/replies/2022/11/20/1668963180

The actual reward state is not one where you're lazing around doing nothing. It's one where you're keeping busy, where you're doing things that stimulate you, and where you're resting only a fraction of the time. The preferred ground state is not one where you have no activity to partake in, it's one where you're managing the streams of activity precisely, and moving through them at the right pace: not too fast, but also not too slow. For that would be boring

Doing nothing at all is boring. When we "rest" we are actually just doing activities that we find interesting rather than those we find dull or stressful.