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What if “rest” was the new status symbol? 🤔

Hassan S. Ali
1 min readDec 4, 2022

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Imagine that…

You show off how much sleep you got as if it’s your new Lambo.

Your insta feed is full of posts of how well you napped.

A reel of you reading a book goes viral.

You even become a sleep influencer.

Posts about quality conversations you have with your friends/ family > posts of ppl in front of private jets

Forbes writes up a “40 under 40 resters” list

The term “rest culture” replaces “hustle culture” on LinkedIn

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It sounds dystopian. And yes, privileged.

But for a recovering hustle guy, the POV shift has been so helpful to save my sanity.

The fantastic book, “Time Off” by Max Frenzel and John Fitch , made this exact case.

That instead of how busy you are, how much rest you get can almost be a vanity metric

It’s a fantastic book. One you can read while, ironically, resting.

Share your epic resting stats like they’re your new Lambo. Drop in the comments and brag about it!

#happysaturday #worklifebalance #mentalhealth

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Hassan S. Ali
Hassan S. Ali

Written by Hassan S. Ali

I write comedy things. the ha & lol. Also a founding editor of Slackjaw on Medium.

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