[💭] Toward Healthy Rest

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After burnout hit a few days ago, I took enough rest time over Saturday and Sunday. Then today I suddenly wondered.

• Original: http://blog.naver.com/hyeogikarp/223893191989
• Naver published at: 2025/06/09 12:41 KST
• Original category: Reflections

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After burnout hit a few days ago, I took enough rest time over Saturday and Sunday.

Then today I suddenly wondered.

“What do I do when I rest?”

When I calmly looked back, really, no joke, there were only three things: games, YouTube, and cycling.

Meditation, prayer, walks, even Namuwiki, which I used to like so much, had all disappeared from my rest list long ago.

I am worried that my daily life has become too soaked in “unhealthy rest” whose main ingredient is cheap dopamine.

I remember recently asking someone what they do to rest.

Someone said “reading,” someone said “blogging,” and even someone said they think of “health club” and “boxing” as rest.

It was shocking. I have always thought of things like reading/blogging/health club/boxing as homework, and only felt burdened by them. But “rest”!

Before, I would just say, “Oh~ I guess that perspective is possible too,” and move on…

But these days, when I want to have a more “healthy rest,” it gives me more to think about.

Maybe I need a shift in thinking toward a less stimulating, calmer, more productive way of resting.