Rest

What I like best is just doing nothing.

—Christopher Robin

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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.

—Spanish proverb

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There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.

—Calvin & Hobbes

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They say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

—Winnie-the-Pooh

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Sometimes the most productive thing we can do is rest.

—Mark Black

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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

—Chinese Proverb

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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

—Anne Lamott

Poem: Restful Ground

Poem: The Garden of Proserpine

Rest is resistance

The art of rest · article

How to relax

Against rigour

How nature resets our minds and bodies

How goofing off helps kids learn

What life is like when we subtract work from it

On play

On permission

On self-care & self-compassion