Power rest

I've discovered a new way of coping with feeling tired when you don't want to be feeling tired: giving into it! Not napping per se — though I think that would be ideal if I could fall asleep quickly — just resting. Twice today I've felt tired when trying to do something and had the opportunity to just drop my head into my arms and rest for round five minutes. It's great. To my surprise, this didn't make me sleepier or less capable upon lifting up; quite the opposite. I had more energy to turn towards whatever I was facing.

It feels like I'm showing my body respect. "Oh you need a bit of a break? Say no more! Here you go." I don't do anything particular during this time. I'm not trying to think or to not think or anything at all. Sometimes my mind is blank, but most of the time it's wandering. It's just a bit of a rest from a day otherwise filled with a lot of intention.

I'm curious what the societal equivalent of this would be. Maybe we should have a few holidays a year that are decided by a senate vote: "Now's the time; we need a day off". Or maybe we could do this on an international scale: "Everybody just please chillax for a hot second / week"

They do have this in the markets. If a stock drops too much in a small amount of time, they halt its trading for an hour. The idea is that this gives time for onlookers to get their act together and place some bids, ultimately reducing volatility. Regulators really don't like unnecessary volatility.

There's an even more intense "circuit breaker" if the entire stock market drops at the same time:

At the start of each day, the NYSE sets three circuit breaker levels: Level 1 is 7%, Level 2 is 13%, and Level 3 is 20%. These thresholds are percentage drops in the S&P 500 Index, relative to the value at the close of the preceding trading day. Level 1 and 2 declines each cause at least a 15-minute halt in trading (unless they occur after 3:25 pm, in which case no halt occurs). A maximum of one halt per level can occur each day. A Level 3 decline will halt trading for the remainder of the day

Anyways highly recommend taking a quick rest when you need it!