This is Optimal Finance Daily, Tired of Being Tired, by Leo Babouda of zenhabits.net.

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Tired of Being Tired by Leo Babouda of Zenhabits.net. Quote, A man grows most tired while standing still. Chinese proverb. It's tough being tired all day.

I've had days like this when I'm struggling through the day

and don't have the energy to tackle anything that matters. Heck, I've had years like this.

When you're tired, not much seems appealing. Life is dulled and you don't get much accomplished.

Worse, you don't have the energy to change the situation. These days, I don't have many days

like this, but when I do, I rest.

We have gotten good at ignoring our body's signals. Much of our lives, we train our minds to

pretend our bodies aren't tired so we can be more productive. This is wrong. It ends up in burnout and

less production, because we inevitably run out of energy. Listen to your body. Your long-term

health and sanity depend on it. Why we're tired. Mostly we're tired because we don't rest enough.

Yeah, I know, duh, Leo. But if it's so obvious, why do we ignore it? The Spanish famously have

siesta's. When I get tired, so do I. It's a luxury not everyone

can afford, but when I had a day job, I would find ways to sneak into a back room and take a

power nap of 20 minutes. We don't rest enough. It's not as important as other things, like

waking up early, getting stuff done, attending to a thousand meetings,

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