"meditate (in a natural, spontaneous way)"
Rather than relying on spontaneity, this is the only thing where I might want a should on my rest day. I find that some focused, dedicated meditation (even just 10-15 minutes) in the beginning of a day makes all the other aspects of the rest day easier and more enjoyable to me.
I should add that I have not considered this exact distinction of recovery/rest before. Perhaps if I understood the difference and was better prepped, I would arrive at the rest day with a state of mind where I don't need that meditation as m... (read more)
Just want to say Hi!
I have read the sequences and a few other books. And this whole thing resonates with my curious nature. I hope to learn more by reading and by testing my own ideas here. Might post about politics, personal finance or science and its methods.
Regarding my name. I come from the west coast of Sweden, enjoy rock climbing and when going for a swim I prefer a warm rock over a sandy beach.
Do you mean that you start somewhere between 4:30 and 6:30, or do you actually do it for 2 hours?
Do you find it is worth sacrificing (what I assume would be) additional sleep in the morning? I ask because my main challenge for the last two years has been to balance recovery from burnout (sleep - yay) and depression (sleep - not too much).