[fr] On a besoin de débrancher son cerveau -- avez-vous assez l'occasion de le faire?
My brain needs downtime. So does yours.
We’ve managed to make our lives so efficient that we’ve removed all the downtime that used to be part of them. We can work on the train, listen to podcasts while we clean and cook, why, we even read on our iPhones as we walk through town.
Sleeping just doesn’t cut it. Of course, we need sleep (that’s also body-downtime), but we need awake-downtime.
What’s your downtime?
For me, reading fiction and watching TV series qualify as brain downtime. My conscious mind is immersed in fiction, though I’m sure a lot is going on in the background. Sailing and judo qualify to, as does riding my exercise bike if I’m listening to music rather than a podcast.
When I’m on the bus and reading FML or flicking idly through my Twitter stream, is that brain downtime?
When I’m walking in the mountains, drinking a cup of tea on my balcony, watching the sun set, taking a bath, or meditating, that’s definitely brain downtime.
Do you get enough brain downtime?
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