After a period of high-intensity activity, especially social activity, I find myself in a sort of mental slump. It’s hard to bring the full focus of my brain onto a specific task willingly. Usually, what breaks this pattern is that something will just demand my brain’s efforts and I’ll have no choice – work or some other project will rear up and then off we go. But without that, it can feel like I’m just winding down to be put away for a while.
Sometimes my brain and my body want vacations at different times. My body could use rest, but my brain wants to power up, or vice versa. Bringing those things in sync with one another is a key part of a healthy cycle of rest and activity, I think.
Many of the things I do these days are asynchronous. There’s very little sun. I think it’s time for a project.
The Opportunity Machine 