Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

My friends, if you have been hustling at something and pushing and working really hard,

I would like to encourage you to take a little break or have a little rest.

And of course we know that we need breaks.

We need rest.

Everybody does.

But there is actually a case for it.

Okay, I was reading about this this weekend.

Our brain's default mode network called the

DMN remains really active when we're resting, daydreaming, or even playing, aka hobbies,

joy, seeing friends. Your conscious mind goes off duty, so to speak, this is the

language that they use, but you still remain creative. In fact, Einstein and Darwin both credited

long walks and lots of downtime with their breakthroughs. So what does this

mean for you specifically? Sometimes I think that we always need to, we believe that we need to

speed up. We can't stop. We have to hustle, hustle, hustle, go, go. But I know, and this is backed by data. It's really fascinating.

Google around with it. Problem solving. Creativity. Still happen in our subconscious when we're

not working, when we are resting, when we are relaxing, when we are taking a break.

So how can you apply this? How can you allow this to work for you? I'm very conscious about taking

long extended breaks, days off, afternoons off, and I'm not thinking, oh gosh, I'm lazy. I'm thinking, I'm

strategic. Part of me always knew that this being alone, having time to think, it has incredible,

it reaps incredible rewards in your life. Don't you find that some of your best ideas come

when you're driving or when

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