#rest

#rest

I was standing there, frozen in front of the shelves, phone in hand, scrolling through food lists that led to recipes that sucked me into the latest health trends. Ten minutes earlier, I'd come in for a bottle of almond milk. Now I was knee-deep in articles about the "five fruits to reverse aging" and a thread debating which pasture-raised vs organic eggs. My cart sat empty, my body stood still, but my thumb kept moving.

Much of author and Georgetown University computer science professor Cal Newport's work is about preparation. His books Deep Work and Slow Productivity, among others, make the argument for intention around productivity, creativity, collaboration, innovation, rest, reflection, and recovery. In fact, Newport's literary focus is to figure out the best circumstances and cadence for perpetuating creativity. Thatʻs what allows him to do his own writing, maintain his coursework, and generally feel available for new ideas.

National Lazy Day, celebrated on August 10, encourages people to slow down, take breaks, and embrace comfort without the obligation of productivity or self-improvement.

In our anti-sleep culture, being sleep-deprived is a badge of honor, making it difficult for college students to prioritize their mental health through adequate rest.

The main goals for the next couple days are to rest the body and mind, while developing strategies for change to continue the journey successfully.

Sangria GraphQL offers a robust implementation for Scala, enabling developers to create expressive and efficient GraphQL APIs while leveraging Scala's type system and functional programming principles.

The architecture of Cafe MAYDAY is inspired by the symbolic cedar tree Owolyi, which embraces the sky with its extending branches, promising a restful escape.

We're going to play who we're going to play. It's out of our control,