Jay Shetty

The fifth practice, the radical act of doing nothing and calling it enough.

Here's the final practice and the hardest one for people who have built their self-worth on productivity.

Sometimes peace requires you to do nothing.

Not nothing as a precursor to something else.

Not nothing as recovery so that you can perform better tomorrow.

Just nothing as its own complete and sufficient act.

You are not what you produce.

You are not your productivity.

You are not your value to other people or to your organization or to your family's logistics or to anyone's expectations.

You are a living being, and living beings need rest the way they need water.

Not as reward, not as indulgence, but as biology.

When you can sit in a chair on a Sunday afternoon, with nothing to do and nothing to justify, and feel the particular specific warmth of a life that is genuinely yours, that is not laziness.

That is what you've been working toward all along.

Thank you so much for listening.

I hope you'll share this with a friend who's stressed, burned out or working too hard.

I hope it helps you create and find peace in your life.

And remember, I'm forever in your corner and I'm always rooting for you.

If you love this episode, you will also love my interview with Kendall Jenner on setting boundaries to increase happiness and healing your inner child.

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