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Ideology refers to beliefs that we have that dictate our behaviour. We live in a world where resting is misconstrued. Each one of us needs to discover what rationales we have for not resting. Here are some I can think of If these are your reasons, then rest is such a terrible idea. No one
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Thanks to those who gave me feedback during the “Reflecting on Rest” posts. You can still give your feedback here, here, and here. One question I received is about how to desire rest. (Thanks Rhoda for this question). There are several parts to this question and I will answer them over several posts. Beginning with
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Ps 127:2b: For God gives sleep to those he loves This Psalm is one my favourites. Read the whole thing here. Let’s focus on verse 2b. When I was in High School, I had a teacher who told us that a responsible person would sleep no more than 6 hours per day. He claimed that
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Sometimes stress is unavoidable. If you have a major life change, stress is normal. For instance, if you have a newborn child, you are supposed to have sleepless nights. If you have a deadline coming up, you are allowed to be anxious and nervous… In situations like this, all you can do is to plan
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Refuse to Choose by Barbara Sher is one book that has impacted me. It is a book for multipotentialites (aka scanners) and it helped me understand my personality better. The Bible(s). There are different Bibles with different set of books. I enjoy reading them all and they are a constant source of challenge, inspiration, agony,
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The weekly posts for the rest of May will focus on techniques to help you reflect on your rest habits. Here is the 4th one in the series. Read the first one here. Read the second one here. The third one here. Rest is not something that happens to you. It is something that you
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The weekly posts for the rest of May will focus on techniques to help you reflect on your rest habits. Here is the 3rd one in the series. Read the first one here. Read the second one here. Rest is not something that happens to you. It is something that you make happen. You make
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The weekly posts for the rest of May will focus on techniques to help you reflect on your rest habits. Here is the 2nd one in the series. Read the first one here. Rest is not something that happens to you. It is something that you make happen. You make it happen when you give
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The weekly posts for the rest of May will focus on techniques to help you reflect on your rest habits. Here’s the first one. Rest is not something that happens to you. It is something that you make happen. You make it happen when you give it thought and planning, when you act on your
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The last post was about a case study of Sarah and her life’s stress. You can read about that here. Given Sarah’s exhaustion from her different responsibilities, now let’s look at Sarah’s response: The exhaustion from life was getting too much so Sarah decided to get a three day weekend break from her job. She