## Top 3 Quotes ![[My Inputs/My Books/Rest#^u6fgvd]] - This highlights how important note-making is for creativity. It's a form of practicing this with extended tools, and is a reason why I need to be more serious in keeping it as a habit. Either I go for a walk, or I do note-making. ![[My Inputs/My Books/Rest#^15a0v1]] - [[A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life]] ## 3 Sentence Summary > What are the crucial points in this book that make it iconic, ideas I want to remember for the rest of my life? 1. Rest is productive since it lets you engage with activities with a different way of thinking via the [[Default Mode Network]] 2. Rest is most effective if it has the qualities of relaxation, having control, mastery of experiences, and detachment from work 3. Living a restful life shows how we don't need to succumb to [[Hustle Culture]] to live a productive or meaningful life ## Notes ### Why I started reading this book %% How was this book relevant to my current life? Did it answer a specific question, enlighten me on a topic, etc. %% - Because I'm starting to incorporate more rest into my life. Initially at the start of this year I wanted to just work on projects after Morgen, but I found it to be not that sustainable. Instead, I started playing games more again and genuinely taking time to just relax, but wanted to know which of these two lifestyles could help with living a good life. ### Author's Purpose **Who is this book for?** - For people who might feel burnt-out - For people who have unhealthy relationships with rest, or may think that rest is being lazy ## Content ### Concepts %% What are the central points of the book? %% Hustle culture is not the only way to have be "successful". Although cherrypicked, [[My Inputs/My Books/Rest|Rest]] shows how a balance between work and rest is common and beneficial for purpose and performance. You do not have to sacrifice to such an extent where you forgo your desires and interests. ![[My Inputs/My Books/Rest#^weyusz]] ![[My Inputs/My Books/Rest#^hbmumw]] - [[Rest]] - [[The four qualities of effective rest]] - [[Rest is still effortful]] - [[Default Mode Network]] - [[A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life]] - [[Time management for practice and creativity]] - [[Generate insights near the end of your day]] - [[Partial distraction can promote creativity]] - [[Creative people take long walks]] - [[Memory consolidation]] ### Practices - The way we have creative breakthroughs mentioned in the book (incubation, illumination) sounds like ## Reflection ### Thoughts - So far, it sounds like people still do effortful things in their time of "rest", could this be the case for me when I work on creative expression like my YouTube channel? And when I spend time in high performance activities like gaming - Work is enhanced through activities. - I like the diversity of things I do outside of work: - Eight hours of working for Morgan. - Identity as a learner (audiobooks). - Identity as a high-performance gamer (flow, deliberate practice). - Identity as a content creator (creative choice). It's made me be more thoughtful in how I can preserve time for my [[Default Mode Network]] to activate. I've thought of the following activities: - Walks, can capture stream of consciousness with Goldfish - Note-making, a bit more focused but still about the wandering and connection of ideas in a micro and macro level ### Review - Playing with the ideas has been quite good food for thought, it was an enriching book to get back into reading, just need to continue engaging in books that are somewhatp ractical and thought-provoking like this :D ### Analysis %% Can refer to hegelian dialectic or synoptic analysis %% - Compared to other books like - [[The Extended Mind]], focused on creativity - [[Adhd 2.0]], helping me learn more about the different modes of thinking - The examples were rather cherry-picked, but there also was a fair share of research on parts related to creativity. I wasn't expecting this to be a book on creativity though, I was more expecting peak performance or just the value of rest on it's own, aside from work. But I guess that's what something like "How to do nothing" would be helpful for? ### Questions - How can I create a life filled with rest? - What should my time blocks be? Should I adjust my schedule? - What activities should I start, continue, or stop doing? ## Future Plans %% What does the book suggest or inspire you to do? %% ### Content ideas %% What are some questions you would like to continue exploring? What are some ideas you feel are helpful to better expressing your personal brand? %% - Just continue thinking about how I can map this into my wheel of life, maybe I can see it as my joy rating for now? yeah… ### Further Reading - N/A