starting sabbath

usually after the 6th day of consecutive work, i feel drained. i hate the feeling of being drained and what it does to me: stay in bed longer, watching youtube videos. it just becomes easier to tell myself that i deserve this cheap form of rest. ironically, being drained has a negative effect on my sleep time and quality, as i fall into bad, lazy patterns.

so instead of staying in bed and complaining, let's do something against the draining downward spiral: i'll take a page out of the jewish book and adopt ancient deliberate decompression: sabbath. keep it simple: starting with the friday communal prayer at noon, i'll intentioinally only do things that give me energy:

• meditating
• taking walks
• drawing
• reading up on new tech
• programming hobby projects
• household chores
• meeting friends
• cooking
• stretching/yoga

and for everything else: just don't do it.