Here’s how Hara Marano, editor at large for Psychology Today, puts it: “We would all agree that play lifts stress from us. It refreshes us and recharges us. It restores our optimism. It changes our perspective, stimulating creativity … But there is also evidence that play does much more. It may in fact be the highest expression of our humanity.”5 Whatever you do to recharge at the end of the day isn’t a diversion. Or at least, it doesn’t have to be. It can be the very thing that keeps you healthy and sane. It can even serve to strengthen you as well as rest does. Your taste in music, the kinds
...more
