F
asting is nothing new – but what if the reduced intake in question was not about food, but about two days of ‘mind fasting’ every week?
The world’s largest survey on rest – 18,000 respondents from 134 countries – found that 68 per cent of us want more rest. Perhaps even more significant is that rest-deprived people rated their overall wellbeing as half as good as those who felt that they regularly have enough time out.
Solving this is easier said than done, and doing nothing is as bad for us as doing too much. Our minds seek out information and stimuli, and we require a certain amount of input to function at our best.