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What if the thing we needed more of was to do less? What if this was the year we finally learned to rest?
Every new year – after the holiday glut of travel, parties, shopping and baked goods – there can be pressure to do and be more: more active, more productive, more creative, more thrifty. Maybe this will be the year I finally start meal planning or doing morning pages. New year, new me!
But what if the thing we needed more of was to do less? What if this was the year we finally learned to rest?
Physical rest: making sure you get enough sleep; taking naps.
Mental rest: journaling; meditating; doing tasks that are not mentally taxing, like puzzles.
Emotional rest: talking through feelings and experiences with a friend or therapist.
Social rest: setting aside time alone to recharge; making sure you’re spending time with people who don’t leave you feeling drained.
Sensory rest: spending time outdoors; taking breaks from screens.
Creative rest: engaging in creative hobbies like drawing, reading or dancing.
Spiritual rest: connecting to a cause or tradition that feels meaningful to you.
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Walid Regragui faced calls to resign despite stunning record with Atlas Lions after nightmare that prolongs 50-year wait
“There will be no second star for Morocco,” read the headline of Le360.ma, referring to the symbol of an Afcon title being sown on the shirt of the winning team. “The most prestigious African title is at odds with Morocco. The dream and the ambition will have to wait some time,” laments the writer, Abdelkader El-Aine.
It is now 50 years since Morocco won their only Afcon. This month, as hosts of the tournament, Morocco had started to dream of a second title. That became a nightmare on Sunday evening in Rabat.
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Europe could use powerful but untested law amid pressure over Greenland – but it could also lose out from a trade war
Donald Trump’s threat to impose punitive US import tariffs on eight European countries opposed to his ambitions in Greenland has raised fears of a full-blown transatlantic trade war.
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US justice department announced it is investigating protesters in Minnesota who disrupted church services
Kristi Noem first denied that federal agents were using chemical agents against protesters, then after being shown video footage turned to blaming the protesters themselves, as tensions continued to run high amid the Trump administration’s surge of federal officers into Minneapolis.
The head of homeland security, who has acted as spearhead for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in the city – known as “Operation Metro Surge” – told the CBS show Face the Nation on Sunday that her department had not used pepper spray against crowds.
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