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Ursula  Ivonoffski's avatar

This essay hit the spot for me! I tend to push myself to hard - the masculine takes charge, but at the end of the day I'm exhausted and I realize I didn't take time to be still. Balance in all things is an acquired skill I am willing to work on.

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Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing's avatar

Hey buddy, if you had something to tell me, you could have just called! Just kidding, mostly, but I realize that you have plenty of first hand experience with me that personifies the first half of this essay. We do need time for rest. And you know what sounds like good rest to me? A good adventure motorcycle tour. Let's do it!

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Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing's avatar

I've meditated virtually every day for more than 30 years. I love it. But, rarely is nothing worth something to do more than an hour a day.

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Klaus Hubbertz's avatar

You mean a full 60 minutes, 3600 seconds a day ??? ...

NO way this would be healthy !!!

To meditate and "doing nothing" are NOT to be conflated as they are NOT the same thing.

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Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing's avatar

I have a hard time finding people who are not doing nothing all day. And they sure don't look healthy.

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