The REST AS REVOLUTION Challenge, Prompt 1

A 7 Day Creative Challenge that will change your relationship with resting

Hello everyone, and welcome to the 7 day REST AS REVOLUTION creative challenge!

I wanted to do this challenge after I went through intense burnout in February and March. This challenge was devised with the specific intention of listening to our bodies, changing the narrative around rest as well as changing the notion that we must be productive ALL the time to earn our place in the world. The truth is our non stop productivity at the cost of our mental health and wellness is not how a healthy society is supposed to function. A healthy society prioritises happy, well rested humans. At the beginning of this year, I went through a spiral of taking on far too much and refusing to ask for help or resting. It made me reconsider my relationship with rest on a level which I have never done before. A big challenge for me was allowing myself to be “unproductive”. That is, taking time out to do essentially nothing but nap and eat as my body had been begging for. It’s like my body has been in fight mode for so long, it doesn’t have an off switch.

The real challenge however came to me in the form of examine what I had been taught about “rest” growing up.

Keep reading for your first prompt!