The Lawyer’s Well-Being Brief

All movement and no recovery make for a poor pillar.

“Don’t limit your challenges — challenge your limits.”- Unknown

We are back to Pilar # 1 today, Movement and Recovery. It may seem counterintuitive that the more you engage in Movement, the more you need to engage in Recovery. Movement and Recovery may seem like opposites, but they are interrelated.

In the book Rest — Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, he argues that work and rest are not opposites. He is a global programs and research manager for 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit devoted to advancing the 4-day week. He is also the author of four books, including Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less – Here’s How; Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less; and The Distraction Addiction.

“I argue that we misunderstand the relationship between work and rest. Work and rest are not polar opposites. You cannot talk about rest without also talking about work. Writing about only one is like writing a romance and naming only one of the lovers. Rest is not work’s adversary. Rest is work’s partner. They complement and complete each other.

Further, you cannot work well without resting well. Some of history’s most creative people, people whose achievements in art and science and…