[Rest Science] The things you loved in childhood build the strength of an adult

We tend to think that we should rest when we are tired. However, truly healing from fatigue is not just about lying down.

Having prioritized sleep and rest since my son's early childhood, what I realized after reading these two books was...
The true source of restoring the heart lies in time spent being absorbed in something.

When people are immersed in what they love, they forget their fatigue and naturally regain their energy.

In our home, we have prioritized sleep above all else since my son was a young child. To ensure good sleep, we also invested money in the
environment.

My son has had a semi-double bed since kindergarten. This was out of a desire for him to be able to sleep soundly even as he grew older.

The importance of sleep was ingrained not just as knowledge, but as a habit. Half a year ago, I read "Rest Science" and thought I had learned about the importance of rest. However, true understanding came after I closed the book...

It happened one day while I was working.
Suddenly, something just clicked.

Many people in Japan secure time to rest, yet for some reason, they cannot shake off their fatigue. On the other hand, foreigners who spend their days off actively seem, for some reason, to be full of energy...

While I was thinking about what that difference might be, I realized something.

When we are absorbed in what we love, we feel almost no fatigue. In fact, we even have a sense of energy welling up in our hearts.

Ah, this is

"Vitality"

is what it is, I suppose.

What is important here is that rest is not simply"doing nothing".

What truly restores the heart is the time spentimmersed in "things you can get lost in".

Having time outside of work to restore your own energy.Isn't that exactly the "skillful way to rest" required for the coming era?

People who have many things they can get lost in can naturally circulate energy within themselves, even when they are tired or feeling down.

Humans are creatures that get worn down by daily stress and pressure. However, people who have many things they can get lost in can regenerate energy within themselves.

That is why, even if they break, they recover quickly, and in the long run, they are "resiliently strong."

From the perspective of brain science as well, when you get lost in something—that is, when you enter a "flow state"—dopamine and serotonin are secreted, and cortisol, a stress hormone, decreases.

A state where the brain heals itself while moving forward...

It is like an automatic recovery device. Instead of just stopping when you are tired,


finding "small things you can get lost in" becomes the smart way to rest in the modern age.

I introduced this in an article the other day.
In my bible, which I have bought three times over,"Art Thinking from Age 13", it is written at the end as follows.

People who have something they 'love' can bounce back time and time again...

No matter the situation, if you keep what you love at your core, you will not be swallowed by the rough waves, and you will be able to bounce back time and time again and let your 'flower of expression' bloom.

What is important here is

how many 'seeds of curiosity' you can sow during childhood

.

The 'time in childhood to explore freely' becomes the foundation for the 'power to be absorbed' in adulthood.

The 'interests and concerns' that sprouted at that time, even if they seem forgotten, will breathe again in a fleeting moment.

These 'seeds of curiosity that you can get absorbed in' naturally circulate energy within us, and even when we are about to be crushed by stress or pressure, we find ourselves recovered by being absorbed before we know it.

Time spent being absorbed changes from time 'consumed' to time 'invested'

The time you spend chasing something with passion is also a time when you forget fatigue and your heart recovers.

That is why having time to explore freely in childhood, and not letting those 'sprouts of curiosity' wither even after becoming an adult, becomes the source of the power to live flexibly.

At that moment, I suddenly remembered.

"Human value is curiosity."

That is what Yoichi Ochiai said... (He holds titles that span technology, art, education, and entrepreneurship.)

The power of curiosity is immeasurable.
The seeds of curiosity sown in childhood circulate energy throughout our lives time and again, fostering the power to be absorbed in something.

As a result, even when we are about to break, we stand back up, recover when tired, and can continue to express ourselves over and over.

Sleep and rest are important, but I realized that having something you can be passionate about is the greatest secret to living life with resilience.

The three major elements of health are nutrition, exercise, and rest.
Of these three, nutrition and exercise have become academically systematized, and there are opportunities to learn about them. However, rest alone has not been established as an academic discipline. We have learned how to work hard, but no one has ever taught us how to rest. The reason we cannot get rid of fatigue is not because our bodies are tired, but because our



brains and hearts are not resting.

Resting is not slacking off; it is preparation for moving forward. The quality of your life is determined not by how much you work, but by how you rest.

Modern people, whose living environments have changed from the past, may need to "home-educate" themselves on how to rest. If you are interested, please read this book.

"The Super Basics of Sleep" summarizes the content I have been gathering and practicing via social media like YouTube since my son was young. It is not too technical and is carefully compiled in a way that is easy for an amateur like me to understand.
While many of these things have already become habits, I bought it so that my high school son could also read it easily and understand it visually.
It is a great book for teaching your children about sleep as well.

How can we keep the curiosity of a three-year-old even after we become adults...?

Thank you as always.
Have a wonderful sleep tonight too🍀 lol