Life · FORTUNE
Fortune #14
Good fortune
Rest need not produce evidence of productivity. If you are tired, allow some time without having to justify it.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“ชีวิตที่มีคุณค่าคือชีวิตที่อุทิศให้กับผู้อื่น”
— อัลเบิร์ต ไอน์สไตน์
นักฟิสิกส์ทฤษฎี ผู้พัฒนาทฤษฎีสัมพัทธภาพและได้รับรางวัลโนเบล
- Person
- Albert Einstein
- Source work
- In answer to a question asked by the editors of Youth, a journal of Young Israel of Williamsburg, NY. Quoted in the New York Times (June 20, 1932), p. 17
- Source text
- Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
STORY & REFLECTION
A break without a productivity report
Guidance-based illustration · A break without a productivity report
Illustrative scene: A worker spends lunch answering work messages because sitting still feels wasteful. The afternoon brings more fatigue, though they never left the desk.
The next day they tell the team replies will resume after lunch, put the phone aside, and eat without opening a file. Work remains, but they return with a clearer next step.
NIMH recommends setting priorities, making time for suitable relaxing activities, and noticing what has been accomplished. Self-care need not wait until every task is finished.
A break belongs in a workable day, not only at the end of every task.
Reflection
Rest belongs in a sustainable life.
A small action today
Take a break without needing to justify it.
A question to reflect on
Where could a real break fit without adding another obligation?