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Seven Types of Rest Audit

Seven rows, one per type of rest, each rated for how much you are getting right now, and one way to get more of the one you lack most.

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How to use this sheet
  1. Rate how much of each kind of rest you are getting right now, from 1 (none) to 5 (plenty). Sleep counts only under physical.
  2. Circle the lowest one or two. That is usually where the tiredness comes from.
  3. For each low one, write one small way to get it this week.
  4. Come back in a month and rate again.
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Now1 to 5One way to get it this week
Physical: sleep, and active rest such as stretching or a slow walk.
Mental: a brain that turns off; short breaks through the day.
Sensory: time away from screens, noise and overlapping talk.
Creative: wonder, beauty, something that stops you.
Emotional: the space to say I am not okay.
Social: people who give energy rather than take it.
Spiritual: belonging to something larger than the to-do list.
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Source Based on Saundra Dalton-Smith MD's TED Ideas article, The 7 Types of Rest that Every Person Needs (January 2021). Adapted by Mat Dufour.