With 2024 drawing to a close, rather than getting tied in knots about what to do more of in 2025, we may better improve our lives by doing less. You might consider two simple resolutions for a more relaxed 2025.
1. Less Doing and More Being
Most of us are in a constant, almost frenetic state of doing. I certainly am. My days are packed with a nearly endless list of tasks that are tough to get ahead of.
None of this is surprising, considering we live in a culture that prizes ambition, achievement, and constant productivity. However, continuous striving comes at a cost. In addition to being mentally exhausting, it erodes our overall well-being, impacts our mental health, can cause burnout, and leads to heart disease, high blood pressure, and a shortened lifespan.
Japan has taken achievement to the extreme with such an unforgiving work culture that people regularly work themselves to death. Death by overwork even has a name—karoshi. Japan has been struggling with its citizens overworking since the 1980s, and the World Health Organization states that in 2021, karoshi was responsible for approximately 750,000 deaths worldwide.
The antidote to all this hustling is less "doing" and more "being." Experts say we need to slow down, take a deep breath, and be okay with doing nothing.
When constantly distracted by what we need to do, we don't spend time sitting quietly, resting, or alone with our thoughts. We are seldom aware of the present moment and spend our days frantically going from one activity to the next...
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