there's a certain serenity to doing nothing, asking for nothing, wanting nothing. respite is something that that often gets lost in the billowing winds of hustle. when striving for something that one has not attained, it is difficult to remember to stop, listen and observe. i often struggle with giving myself ample time at the bonfire, typically opting to forge past checkpoints, as idleness, to me, feels like laziness. rest, instead, should be deemed a time for insight, a time in which one can apply the skill points they have attained from their many battles. by neglecting intermission, traders fail to apply the skill points they have earned along their journey, resulting in an abundance of experience that has not been turned into meaningful knowledge. it takes time to dissect how and why a certain trade may be applied to one's process and it takes even longer to put that into practice. rest is an active skill, not a passive state, its not a mere surrender to exhaustion, but a deliberate choice to preserve one's resources. just as a coin's narrative may not be fully fledged out until hours after its deployment, a painting's brilliance is not comprehensible until one steps away from its frame. in the pursuit of self-improvement, to rest is to evolve, to take a step back is to leap forward, to be still is to truly move.