I’ve had the recovery vs. rest day distinction in my head ever since reading this post. Sometimes when I take a day off and then end up feeling not-very-rested at the end of it, rather than being frustrated I remember this post and think “well it’s not that I failed to rest, it’s that this was a recovery day and the next one will be more restful”; and this has often been true.
It has also helped me consciously focus more on rest rather than recovery activities, on days when this has been feasible.
I’ve had the recovery vs. rest day distinction in my head ever since reading this post. Sometimes when I take a day off and then end up feeling not-very-rested at the end of it, rather than being frustrated I remember this post and think “well it’s not that I failed to rest, it’s that this was a recovery day and the next one will be more restful”; and this has often been true.
It has also helped me consciously focus more on rest rather than recovery activities, on days when this has been feasible.