Recovery is easier to schedule than collapse.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

Planned recovery fits into a calendar. Collapse does not, and it takes whatever it needs, usually at the least convenient time and for far longer than the rest you were avoiding. The choice is not between stopping and not stopping; it is between stopping now briefly and stopping later at length.

Book the smaller version. A day this month, a proper evening this week. It is the cheapest insurance available and the easiest to skip.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

When is your next planned break, if you have one?

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