Rest and recovery

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A wind-down routine is a transition, not a guarantee of sleep.

Rest can become surprisingly demanding when you judge whether you are doing it well enough.

A phone can be a source of connection, work, entertainment, and interruption at the same time.

A crowded calendar can make breaks feel impossible, but it can also hide assumptions about meeting length and availability.

A weekend can fill with postponed tasks until it resembles another workweek.

Stepping away can be a wise response to overload.

After an unusually demanding period, a recovery day may need fewer choices as well as fewer tasks.

Quiet does not have to mean complete silence.

Schedules often assume you can perform the same way throughout the day.

The end of the day can become the only place to put unfinished tasks.