Takeaways

• Rest is not the reward you earn after the to-do list is finished. It is part of how you were designed to function, and it comes before the work, not after it.
• True rest has three layers: physical rest for the body, mental rest for the mind, and soul rest for what you are carrying emotionally and spiritually. Most people only address the first one.
• Scrolling, bingeing a show, or zoning out are forms of distraction, not rest. Real mental rest means creating space where your mind is not managing, deciding, solving, or consuming anything at all.

Summary of the episode

In this solo episode, Amy makes the case that most of us are practicing physical rest while our minds and souls are still running a marathon. We take the day off, but we are already thinking about tomorrow. We watch football and fol ...