Rest rules

Rest rules are rules that contribute to the rapid restoration of strength and energy.

We are not robots, once we get tired and need to rest. Life against the background of constant fatigue is a wrong life, for the sake of our goals and for the sake of our joy, we must always be energetic and cheerful. Must be rested!

Remember, or better yet, write it down on a separate sheet and hang in front of your eyes the simple Rules of Rest:

Rest is not a departure from work, but a concern for restoring strength.

Rest is active!

Rest before fatigue sets in.

A short but frequent rest is better than an infrequent long one.

Rest is a change of activity.

To better understand these rules, do 10 squats, stretch and smile. And now about these rules — in more detail!

Rest is not a departure from work, but a concern for recuperation

There are people who cannot be forced to rest, who are ashamed to “rest themselves”. Here is what I write for them:

Dear workaholics! Write down one more obligation: to have a good rest on time and fully. Your rest is not your personal business, but your duty to society. This is necessary. I want, I don’t want — it’s time. Write to yourself and repeat: “I need to rest and recuperate: this is necessary for my children, my wife, my colleagues and employees. It’s for the job!»

On vacation — with a clear conscience!

How beautifully it was formulated in one of the books on the scientific organization of labor back in Soviet times: “The leader who burns at work, not sparing himself, is a pest that delays the final victory of communist labor.”

With intonation I.V. Stalin: «Comrade Beria, turn your attention to him!»

Rest — active

Rest is not idleness. Rest is work, this is another part of your work: work to restore strength and energy. Sitting at the TV after 23:00 is not a rest, but the revenge of life: “Since you are so nasty, life, then I’ll sit in front of the TV again, and you won’t do anything to me! And the fact that tomorrow I will be sleepy and my head will hurt — do not care. My life, my head. I have the right!»

Well, there is such a childhood.

If you are tired and fall in your clothes on the bed: «That’s it, sleep!» — this is not a vacation. This is a bad holiday. At least they went to the toilet, otherwise you will wake up later and suffer in half-asleep. Sleeping properly is about making your sleep joyful and pleasant. It is to take a walk before going to bed, take a shower with rubbing, lie down in a clean, fresh bed with a satisfied smile and close your eyes with the expectation of tomorrow morning …

From the distance reports:

Included physical exercises in the form of recharging during the day. Squats as easy as possible 2-3 min. jogging, push-ups, etc. The result was stunning. It’s like changing a battery inside of me. I get a charge of vivacity, in my case for 1.5 hours. Then it needs to be recharged. True, everything is open until 6 pm. In the evening, relaxation becomes more important.

Rest before fatigue sets in

For any work, strength is needed, and for a work called «Rest» — too. Don’t let yourself get tired so that you don’t have the strength to arrange an effective rest for yourself. If you have become so tired that you don’t have the strength to go to the gym in the evening or even take a walk, you have driven yourself into a trap: you need to rest, but you don’t have the strength to rest … Always save the strength necessary to organize a real vacation.

In addition, remember: slight fatigue is removed quickly, and severe fatigue takes a long time. It is much cheaper to prevent fatigue than to deal with its consequences.

It is right to rest when you feel: a little more, and fatigue will come. Prevent fatigue! While there is strength — organize a rest. The Chinese, employed at our construction sites, surprise everyone with the fact that they sleep for one hour during the day. They are not idlers, the Chinese are famous for their industriousness, but this is part of their work culture: in order to work quickly and for a long time, they warn fatigue with timely rest.

I, as a leader, with two hands for ensuring that my employees rest on time. You need to sleep — sleep, if only you were always alert and active. At one time, I taught at the Institute and, when I needed to rest, I closed on the third floor in an empty auditorium: I moved the tables and slept on them for 10 minutes. I woke up, got off the table and went to work on.

Short frequent rests are better than rare long ones.

Four weekly vacations a year is much more reasonable than one a month long.

Fractional rest is more economical. To relax after an hour of hard work, 10 minutes is usually enough. If you work hard for three hours in a row without breaks, after that you need an hour to restore your strength. That is 60 minutes…

For most people, the optimal regime is to rest 10 minutes every hour.

Rest is a change of activity

Everyone knows, at least heard: «Rest is a change of activity.» So, use this.

As an organism, we are made up of three parts: Body, Mind and Soul. During the day, in various activities, sometimes our body works mainly, sometimes the mind is more busy, sometimes the soul works. Make sure that you have an alternation of these loads, and then, with the proper organization of your work, you will only do what to rest from morning to evening. See Rest is a change of activity for more details.