The most transformative, revolutionary peace comes from the ocean, not the pond. It is the peace that can change the temperature of a room just through its presence. It is the peace that remains unwavering amid even the greatest challenges.
When we think of sacrifice, we perhaps imagine sacrificing our own needs, peace, and well-being to provide for our family or do good in the world. Modern sacrifice has become about sacrificing ourselves for something beyond ourselves. But there’s another version of modern sacrifice that’s much more helpful.
An overlooked peace practice is simply spending time with others, especially those in the throes of burnout. It’s telling them about your burnout. It’s admitting that it is real.
Get more sleep. Drink more water. Move your body more. Go outside more. Eat whole, green foods as much as possible.
You don’t need to do it all. You cannot do it all. The world does not need or want you to do it all.
Often, our best lever for managing burnout is managing our coping strategies, all the subtle ways we undermine our long-term peace and well-being in the name of temporary relief.
The most transformative, revolutionary peace comes from the ocean, not the pond.
This book is meant to help purpose-driven citizens reorient to their life and career in a way that does more good in the world and actually feels good in the process. It is meant for anyone who has trapped themselves voluntarily in a life of striving and inadequacy out of an endless need to prove themselves. For many people, especially well-educated people in wealthy nations, this voluntary imprisonment is unfortunately quite common, common enough to write a book about it. However, many people around the world are trapped in a life of overwork not by choice, but by the stark economic […]
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