{"id":32796,"date":"2017-11-10T16:02:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T21:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=32796"},"modified":"2017-11-10T16:02:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T21:02:46","slug":"the-importance-of-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2017\/11\/10\/the-importance-of-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spending time in nature is a great way to recharge!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nSince coming to university, I\u2019ve found that it\u2019s hard to feel like time spent not being productive is not time wasted. If I\u2019m not being active, spending time with friends, or getting something done, I feel guilty.\r\n\r\nI realized the problem with this mindset last week, when I was up into the early morning hours for several nights simply because I couldn\u2019t turn my brain off. The stress of school and extracurriculars was messing with the way my body functioned. It made me realize that I wasn\u2019t doing a good job of managing my time or taking care of myself \u2013 which has led me to these Reading Week resolutions!\r\n\r\n1). Plan time to work and rest in advance\r\n\r\nWhen I schedule time to rest and work (and actually do work in that allotted time), I don\u2019t feel guilty for resting when I need to. Doing this makes me much more productive than I am when I randomly decide when to work or rest. It eliminates idleness and helps me focus on the task at hand.\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve forgotten the richness of just taking time to not<\/em> be productive. I\u2019m not a productivity machine, after all \u2013 I\u2019m a human being, and sometimes my soul needs some quiet. I love visiting friends, going for a walk, spending time in prayer, working on a fun craft, or watching a movie in my scheduled rest time.\r\n\r\n
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Doing art helps to calm me and focus me on the present.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n2). Implement a proper sleep schedule\r\n\r\nI find I sleep better when I\u2019ve set aside time at the end of the day to wind down. For me, that looks like ending screen time an hour before I plan to go to bed and using that hour to light a candle, listen to soft music, do some art or reading, or play ukulele. Giving myself time to get into the mindset of rest really helps to calm my mind down.\r\n\r\nI\u2019m also trying to start going to bed and waking up at consistent times. Most days, I wake up late enough to necessitate skipping breakfast \u2013 a bad habit I\u2019m trying to quit. Now that I\u2019m working on having a nightly routine, I\u2019m also going to start planning a morning routine.\r\n\r\nOverall, I\u2019m learning that getting active will only make my body happy if it\u2019s not infringing on other, more important ways of caring for myself (eating and sleeping). How have you balanced rest and work this Reading Week?","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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