Cherish these 'what-day-is-it?' days.
. “Yet our physiology needs it – our nervous systems need time to ‘rest and digest’ and our brains integrate the activity of the day when we sleep. Learning to invite the quiet moments and make peace with having no stimulation is a really healthy thing.”
“But boredom is what manifests when we’re not pouring our attention into something else, and it’s only in this state of softened focus that our brains can make deeper, subconscious connections. Boredom is also heavily associated with daydreaming. When our mind wanders, our concentration relaxes and we begin to uncover important creative ideas and novel solutions to problems.”. Everyone needs and deserves rest, but all too often we feel shame around not being constantly productive.
What’s key, then, is approaching and using boredom – and the do-nothing days of the festive period – in a healthy way. How do we do that?Doing nothing won’t feel restful if the entire time you’re berating yourself as lazy or unproductive. Make an effort to remind yourself of the benefits of rest when that negative inner voice comes a-knocking.
How do you do that? It can help to schedule in ‘worry time’ – that’s a classic CBT technique that sees you scheduling in times for worries so you know they’re not allowed to creep in at all hours of the day.
We’d add to that: keep those little things up over the festive period, and remind yourself to really savour them.
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