Rest and Recuperation are not the same!

 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞!

 

You skip breakfast or lunch because you are “too busy.”

You grab a few snacks here and there, convincing yourself you saved time.

But the body keeps score.

Slowly, the imbalance builds up, and one day, you are forced to recuperate.

Recently, during a social gathering, I heard a busy person say he is recuperating from fatigue, acidity, and headaches.

That word - recuperation - hit me.

Because it’s not the same as the rest.

Recuperation means you have already crossed the line.

You are forced to drop everything that once seemed so important.

It’s your body saying, enough, I can’t carry your schedule anymore.

Rest, on the other hand, is what prevents that collapse.

Rest is not a luxury. It’s a strategy.

It’s eating your lunch at the right time, pausing to stretch, or taking a quiet moment between tasks.

When you rest, you pause by choice.

When you recuperate, you pause because you have no choice.

So if you’ve been skipping meals or postponing breaks to “save time,”

remember - every micro-practice of rest is a small act of prevention.

Rest regularly. Recuperation won’t have to enter the picture.

Are your meetings and emails preventing you from having proper meals?

 

#MicroPractices #Mindfulness #SelfAwareness #WorkLifeBalance #SuswasaSpace