Finding that balance on Yerkes-Dodson Law

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building /faust, more here: /july, web: july.rocks

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The longer you stress yourself out the more time off you need

The quicker to rest you are the less stress you’ll have in the long run and the easier it is to recover

i've past the high stress level for the past few months, finally took a week off last week, lowkey feeling the same, but a little better

Haste makes waste

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_lente

Interesting. I really need to de-stress… yet I need to perform at a higher level than ever before. Getting really overwhelmed with so many things in life right now.  Like Bilbo put it… “I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.”

Also often I find myself feeling like 

I know I need to rest! But I can’t afford it right now - I need to do this rn

This is usually a lie, it usually can wait and I can get rest rn

Usually relax, paint, write love letters, hobbies, do things that slow things down, hang out in nature, self care, workout, spend time with friends, family etc

What do you do when you’re on the right side, in order to get back to the middle?

If you don’t think there’s a balance there is no balance

If you think there is a balance there is a balance

🐵 ← 🙈🙉🙊 → phil.cockfield.net, github.com/philcockfield, db.team →  ƒ( trust / time ) →  ƒ( open-commons ) → ƒ( /sys )

Doing my best to ruthlessly cut anything out in my life that doesn’t contribute to me staying in the growth & learning zone as long as possible

And whenever possible taking rest, because going slow is the way

Where you at @july? 
I hope "optimal" - I pulled a little "burn move" a week+ ago, and annoyed that at the actual cost in recovery time!

I know quantum mechanics is real because I'm currently exactly in the superposition of both comfort and distress