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Watch this if you're not getting enough rest 😴

2024-03-14 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:49 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

Ali suggests listing what you do when drained and what actually recharges you, gives his own two lists, and says the gap shows that the ways we rest are rarely restful, though truly recharging rest helps us avoid burnout.

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The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Two lists: what you do when drained and what actually recharges you

  • ★★ Ali suggests a simple experiment: set a timer for five minutes and make two lists, the things you tend to do when drained of energy and the things that actually recharge it. — 00:00:00 · energisers and drainers
  • ★★ When drained, Ali scrolls Instagram, TikTok and Twitter or lies on the sofa searching Netflix for a film; what actually energises him is a walk, playing guitar, suggesting dinner to a friend, or yoga or stretching. — 00:00:00 · Instagram, TikTok, Netflix, Twitter

  • ★★★ Ali says the gap between what we do automatically when drained and what would rejuvenate us shows that the ways we rest are rarely restful; things that make us feel good truly recharge our energy and help us avoid burnout. — 00:00:29 · burnout

    “the ways we rest are rarely restful”

Threads in this video

  • refine · How do you have more energy during the day? — When drained, Ali scrolls Instagram, TikTok and Twitter or lies on the sofa searching Netflix for a film; what actually energises him is a walk, playing guitar, suggesting dinner to a friend, or yoga or stretching. (00:00:00)
  • refine · How do you avoid burnout? — Ali says the gap between what we do automatically when drained and what would rejuvenate us shows that the ways we rest are rarely restful; things that make us feel good truly recharge our energy and help us avoid burnout. (00:00:29)

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Central: energisers and drainers

Also: burnout · Instagram · Netflix · TikTok · Twitter

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