Keywords: Living, Post-growth work , academia , covid-19 pandemic , degrowth , mental health awareness , postgrowth work , rest , stress , toxic culture , vacation , worry

Rest does not come easily after working a lot. I find this to be a culturally shared pattern and thus, to some extent, beyond one’s individual control. People are rewarded for working too much, while rarely it is asked for what and why. This is among the set of reasons why I want to make degrowth world possible (others being eg. ecological crisis). We need a society that values other things than continuous economic growth that pushes for higher levels of exploitation and capital accumulation. We need more wellbeing for humans and other-than-humans.

https://eevahoutbeckers.fi/2021/07/02/on-a-journey-from-stressful-to-restful