How to accept a life without love
  • Making peace with a loveless life
    • How to accept a life without love, stop desiring it and make peace with loneliness
    • Timeline
    • So, what is this about anyway?
    • About the planning
  • The Basics
    • Objectives
    • Get busy
    • A word on Curiosity
    • There’s you, and there’s your body
    • Bang your head. Or not
    • The artist inside of you
    • Taking classes or learning a new trade
    • Or change yourself a little
    • On and on
    • The rest day
  • Cleaning your head of parasitic thoughts
    • Turning into Buddha
    • A word on happiness
    • The daily pseudo-nap
    • Let it RAIN
    • Autosuggestion
    • Cardiac (or heart) coherence
    • Emergency measures
  • Got a full timetable, now what?
    • Write it, print it, stick to it
    • We added, now take away
    • The social beast inside of us
    • Touch starvation
    • Libido, lust, sex and all the dirty stuff
    • Pornography addiction
  • Last pointers and conclusion
    • Tidbits
    • Conclusion
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  1. The Basics

The rest day

I’ve been writing at length about limiting idle time, but there is such a thing as overheating. You will need rest from physical and mental exertion. Either as a short pause during the day, or a full day off.

  • Go out, take a walk and enjoy the sun.

  • Sleep in, lazy around in bed.

  • Put on a movie that isn’t too engaging for the brain.

  • Same with a book or videogame.

  • Treat yourself to a nice restaurant, have a cup of tea.

  • Meditation.

  • Some activities are more restful for you than me and vice-versa. Cooking is soothing for me, maybe it’s basketweaving for you.

That said, have them planned out in advance. A pause because you feel like you ‘deserve a rest’ encourages laziness. Powering through and doing the tedious tasks is how you train your brain to stick to what you prefer.

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