A good lifestyle involves a little boredom.

2026 Day 135. #PersonalDays.

There are so many things to do that nobody can do everything. You could have all the money in the world and still not have all the time in the world. This is why it is important to live each moment to the fullest.

Living fully can get a little tiring. On my travels, I usually chose adventure over sleep. I would take a little nap on every public transport, taxi, plane ride to compensate for but it never seemed to be enough.

When I would get back home, I usually needed a day or two to recover. These days are incredibly boring, unproductive, but still more important than the days I spent having fun.

Because of calmer, quieter, boring days like these, I am able to sustain the fun part of my life.

On comparing some metrics from my watch over the fast few weeks the importance became even clearer. My resting heart rate was higher than normal, I was sleeping 3–4 hours a night, I probably had high cortisol as well. After getting back home my resting heart rate dropped from low 60s to high 40s, I slept about 12–14 hours a day for a short while, and overall I had reduced stress and anxiety.

I have also tried to have regulated fun, where I try to enjoy the day as much as I can but retire early into the night. This rarely works out.

While I enjoy hiking, trekking, walking around the cities and enjoying the sights, I also enjoy the the cityscapes. From my recent trip to China, the cities just looked better in the night. The cyberpunk vibes, the overly decorated skyscrapers made everything rather enjoyable. The clubs were exciting but they only run after sunset. 24 hour spas but it made more sense to visit them at night as I could use the morning hours for general sightseeing.

If I do not push myself to have fun, I probably would not have made all those memories. The parts that I enjoy the most are when I am a little tired but still showing up. The average days are not bad either, but these are not the moment I recount.

Yet at the end of an adventure it is these days that I look forward to. My mind wants familiarity, it needs to exposed to established routines, my bed, and activities which do not require a lot of conscious thought. My body is tired, and wants to rest and recover from the ordeal I have been putting it through.

If you go to the gym you must know that building muscle requires good rest. First you must exert your body to stresses (mostly mechanical in the gym) which then you recover from when you rest only to be able to push more the next day.

My adventures usually go along the same line. Because I have gotten used to pushing through stress for short periods and then recovering over a longer period of time, it’s almost like I am training for this. It also suits my personality in general because I like to work in short bouts of increased productivity over putting in longer periods of work.

The fun days add more life to my days but the boring days are adding more days to my life. The longer I live the more adventures I can have. The fitter I am the more fun each moment of those adventures can be. The more I rest the better I am ready for the next one.

In between the boring days a lot of healthy eating, exercising, and socialising helps keep things mellow. They are mostly uneventful but help me recover mentally and physically. There might not be a lot of adventure spent in an evening with friends, but there is a sense of satisfaction, a feeling of love in the air that makes things less boring.

See you tomorrow.