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Check-In Question:

Who is the most likeable person that you know?

Big Ideas:

Taking breaks - why we do it, why we don't, etc
Real vacation, no work AND vacation, but thinking about work
Taking a break means NOT thinking about work
Having some location separation between work and home
Can't compartmentalize work and personal life
Is separating work and home life valid anymore?
Communication between work and home so the pressure doesn't build
Setting permeable boundaries
Breaks to process what just happened and what might happen next
Creating space to think deeply
Distinction between taking breaks and creating space
Breaks having no purpose, spaces having purpose
Are we taking breaks to be lost in thought?
Do we need to give space for our brains to breathe?
Finding likeable moments in the everyday
Travail (work in French) comes from a word related to torture
Create a life you don't need to take a break from
Bill Gates and his "Think Week"
How our mindset affects our experiences
Mindset matters to a point, but if your basic needs aren't being met, it only matters up to a point
Freedom outside the pressures.
Cultural components of taking breaks
Drivers to what success looks shifts among cultures
What's best for me at this moment?
Creating breaks allow us to create
Covid allowed people to see how creating new spaces was good for them
How shift away from the idea that taking breaks is a luxury?
Accepting what is now, but not necessarily being content with it
"The opposite of play is not work, it's depression."
So much of what we do is purpose/results oriented, and breaks seem purposeless

Question for Listeners:

Why do you take breaks? How?

References:

Severance Series
Essentialism by Greg McKeown

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