Sustainability starts with sleep
Over the past few weeks I’ve not rested as much as my body needed. It taught me a few interesting lessons about sustainability.
When I was tired I felt more hungry. Not just for food but generally for “things”/inputs from the outside…the birth place of consumption.
My cells had a need to restore their balance, which usually happens through sleep. In the absence of sufficient sleep I noticed a desire for stimulants and experiences that made me “feel better”, more balanced. Instead of meeting the need internally it became externalised.
I see over-consumption and the subsequent stretching of resources very much rooted in the way our society is geared towards valuing activity over restoration, which leads to meeting needs externally rather than through our inbuilt biological restoration mechanisms activated when we rest/sleep.
Here are some of the differences I noticed in my bahaviour:
Tired:
- short term thinking
- survival focus
- geared towards meeting immediate needs through getting things from the outside
- self-centered
Rested:
- long-term thinking
- resilience
- resourcefulness
- seeing how my actions can support a bigger whole and the people around me as much as myself
How do the experiences of being tired and well rested show up in your life?
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