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That comment I made generated more positive feedback than usual (in that people seemed to find it helpful to read and found themselves thinking about it months after reading it), so I’m elevating it to a LW post of its own. Consider this an update to the original comment. Like Ben Hoffman, I stumbled upon and rediscovered the Sabbath (although my implementation seems different from both Ben and Zvi). I was experiencing burnout at CFAR, and while I wasn’t able to escape the effects entirely, I found some refuge in the following distinction between Rest Days and Recovery Days. A Recovery Day is where you’re so tired or under-resourced that you can’t do much of anything with yourself other than: stay in bed /​ sleep a lot, binge on Netflix or video games, stay in your room all day, play with your phone, use social media, and feel unmotivated to do much except easy, stimulating, and/​or mind-numbing things. This is a Recovery Day and does not count as a Rest Day, but it is fine to take the

Rest Days vs Recovery Days - LessWrong 2.0 viewer Rest Days vs Recovery Days Unreal 19 Mar 2019 22:37 UTC 243 points 36 comments 6 min read LW link 1 review Sabbath Slack Well-being Distinctions Based on a comment I made on this EA Forum Post on Burnout . Related links: Sabbath hard and go home , Bring Back the Sabbath That comment I made generated more positive feedback than usual (in that people seemed to find it helpful to read and found themselves thinking about it months after reading it), so I’m elevating it to a LW post of its own. Consider this an update to the original comment. Like B

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