Rest In Motion

One of the counterintuitive things I’ve found in my life on this planet is that working harder gives me more energy than resting. Doing things in energizing.

This is not to say that one shouldn’t take pleasure in just existing. That is fine, and a great use of time. And of course some amount of rest is essential to get a baseline level of energy. However, if one intends to gain more energy, a replenishable and exhaustible source of energy, the cycle of doing is what is needed, not rest.

Nate Soares’s essay, Rest in Motion is slightly different take on the same idea.

The ground state is in motion. The easiest state to maintain isn’t a motionless state, it’s the state where you’re out there doing what needs doing at a sustainable state.

We were built to move, and we have things to do.