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Why Downtime Is Essential for Brain Health - Cleveland Clinic
Give your brain the break it needs
Being busy can feel like a badge of honor. “So many of us define ourselves by what we do. So we overdo, overwork and overproduce,” says psychologist Scott Bea, PsyD. “In our culture, ‘downtime’ can sound like a dirty word.”
But there are plenty of good reasons to give your brain a break, he says. Not convinced you have time to take five? Keep reading.
Downtime for the overworked brain
Have you ever gotten stuck doing a crossword puzzle, set it aside and came back to solve it easily after a break? That’s no accident. “Our brains are like sponges,” says Dr. Bea. “They can only soak up so much information before they’re saturated, then they have to dry out a bit.”
Give your brain the break it needs
Being busy can feel like a badge of honor. “So many of us define ourselves by what we do. So we overdo, overwork and overproduce,” says psychologist Scott Bea, PsyD. “In our culture, ‘downtime’ can sound like a dirty word.”
But there are plenty of good reasons to give your brain a break, he says. Not convinced you have time to take five? Keep reading.
Downtime for the overworked brain
Have you ever gotten stuck doing a crossword puzzle, set it aside and came back to solve it easily after a break? That’s no accident. “Our brains are like sponges,” says Dr. Bea. “They can only soak up so much information before they’re saturated, then they have to dry out a bit.”