Fatigue, we often think of it as negative, as a burden. But if we look at it from another perspective, it’s part of our daily life. And it too is an integral part of that famous sensation of well-being I often mention.
An Intense Period in the Best Sense
Over the last two weeks between work, myself and my family, I’ve had a truly intense period. But intense in the best sense of the term. I’ve put to use everything I’ve learned in the last months and told you about. What does that mean concretely? Agency. Control, decision, confidence. Even the most complex ones. Even the vampire clients. Even the classic parenting challenges. Even Bastard 2.0 when it tries to hit you in the weakest moments, particularly when our circadian rhythms are lower.
Weekend with Pleasant Fatigue
All this led me to the weekend with fatigue. I didn’t go golfing, read and played little, walked very little; my feet thank me after the long weekly walks. But a pleasant fatigue. It’s part of well-being. Yet society has led us to over-perform even on rest, viewing fatigue and idle recovery time as negative. As if it were evil. As if today I had made a mistake not going golfing, reading or playing, the three key activities for my cognitive recovery.
The Void That Generates Ideas
Instead it’s fine like this. This thought is wrong. Because if we perceive well-being, if our mind remains in that void we manage not only to recover but to create that environment where ideas are born. Like those ten minutes where we decide to play. And in fact today it was like that. I played and read little, but when I did it I felt pleasure, relaxation, and ideas for tomorrow came to me.
Let Us Let Go
So let’s let go. Let’s fight the biases of the past, those that make us feel inadequate, almost “stupid”, forgive the expression. Am I wrong? I don’t think so. The data gives me reason. The variables, you know what they mean to me, say that when the mind is free, even tired, it produces better. It’s not idleness. It’s cognitive space.
The technique? Grounding. Feel your feet. Touch an object. Observe fatigue without judging it. And let ideas be born. If you’re living this, fatigue but control, tell me. Let’s reason through it together.