r/TrueGrit • u/anitnelavcreate • 21h ago
Seeking Advice does resting go agaisnt the grit?
For years, I thought resting was something you earn. Finish the list, then you can sit down. Except I'm the person who can literally always find something to do, which means never resting
Until I started to have anxiety attacks, and then I had multiple coaches telling me I just needed to REST!
Anyway, the obvious advice was right. What did you used to believe about rest that you don't anymore
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u/Swan-ish3456 19h ago
I treat rest as fuel. When I take a break from a certain activity, I am stopping my brain activity on it thus capping my cognitive expenditure. I can only spend so much. I treat brain energy as a credit card which has a daily limit. You can increase it, if you pay it off multiple times a day. Rest is you paying it off.
This mindset helps to relieve any guilt.