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Rest
Here is a small experiment for this week: put rest in your calendar and treat it like a class.
You probably know the plan that most of us run: "I will rest when I finish this." It sounds responsible. The problem is that the work does not finish. Another assignment appears, another shift, another deadline, and rest stays at the bottom of the list. Then you hit a wall, take a day or two to recover, and start the cycle over.
Rest works better as a requirement than as a reward. Here is how to build it, in four steps:
Schedule it. One fixed block every day, even thirty minutes, and one longer block each week. Name it in your calendar: "Rest. No school."
Define it. Decide now what rest looks like for you. A walk, sleep, a meal with a friend, quiet. On a tired day, a plan is easier to follow than a decision.
Protect it. If someone asks for that block, treat it like a request to skip class. You can move it. Do not delete it.
Review it. On Sunday, notice how the week went on the days you rested, and adjust.
Here is a message you can send to a group when a meeting lands on your block: "I am not available then. Could we meet at [another time]?" It is polite and clear.
This fits how we work in Spark-ED. We plan for the whole semester, and a plan that includes rest is one we can keep.
Action for this week: open your calendar, add one daily block and one weekly block, and post below when yours are. I will check in on how it went.
When is your rest block?
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