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 intentionally 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.