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Remember rest day is training day. 🏋️
Any athlete will tell you that rest/recovery days are just as important as active training days. Time for our bodies to recover and spend just as much energy into rest.
>>> 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 🥇 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲. <<<
Theres a concept around this called "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟑 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭," which was coined by bookseller/river runner Ken Sanders. They noticed a major change in group members after a three day rafting trip. 🛶 So it takes about 3 days in nature or away from technology / stresses for your brain 🧠 to relax.
👉👉👉 "𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨." -- 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭.
☕️ I have personally experienced this when taking vacations and actually disconnecting. And have taken this veterans day weekend as a chance to force myself in the evenings to disconnect. So we've invited family over, broke bread together, and shared in some board games.
𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Realize that always grinding and driving can be counterintuitive to your success you are looking for. Make sure to take breaks, sit back, and let your brain rest. Then you can come back in better than before and really 🏏 knock it out of the park.
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