Prologue If I could be free from the life that urges me

Chapter 1.
Signs of a Rest-Deprived Life

What is Rest Deficiency Syndrome?
What Happens When We Lack Rest in Our Lives
Rest Deficiency Symptoms 1.
stress
Rest Deficiency Symptom 2.
Burnout
Rest Deficiency Symptoms 3.
Boreout
Rest Deficiency Symptoms 4.
awe
Rest Deficiency Symptoms 5.
loneliness
How Performance-Based Society Steals Rest
A Portrait of the Superficial Network on Instagram
The era of the nuclear individual has arrived.
Isolated individuals
*Rest Deficiency Syndrome Self-Diagnosis Checklist

Chapter 2.
About Life-Changing Rest

Even rest needs innovation
A change of heart that cannot be created through technology
Resist the false narratives created by society.
Innovative Rest, Rebellious Rest

Chapter 3.
You have to know how to stop before you can move forward - The Pause of Pause

Rest begins with stopping.
The illusion that you can get everything done
Cut off the insatiable desires
How to Reclaim Your Media-Stolen Eyes
Practice not caring about what others think
It's okay if it's not perfect
Turn off your everyday power and stop overloading
If you feel guilty every time you rest
Accept boredom in life
The Science of Boredom: The Default Mode Network
It's okay to stop and do nothing

Chapter 4.
Work isn't everything in life - a break from work

Work, what defines our identity
A society that sacrifices today for tomorrow's work
Rebelling against work-centered values
How to increase the value of rest
You who don't work are you too
Rest is a goal, not a tool.
When we need to find the ethics of rest

Chapter 5.
Is That Desire Really Yours? - A Rest to Recalibrate Desire

What is desire
Disordered desire vs.
Orderly desires
A sinkhole in the mind created by disordered desires
Rest is the rearrangement of disordered desires.
The power to set life priorities straight: moderation
What makes your heart beat?
Dream big enough to be scary

Chapter 6.
When did you lose your smile? - A pause for joy

We were born with joy
Moments of Joy: What Happens in Your Body
100 people, 100 joys
About the 'small joys' that brighten everyday life.
About the 'special joy' that lasts a long time
About the 'deep joy' that affirms my life
Joy blossoms even in the midst of hardship and suffering.
Practice being happy more often
Joy Deficiency Syndrome Self-Assessment Checklist

Chapter 7.
Don't surrender to the pace of the world - take your time

No one runs a marathon at full speed.
Deficiency mindset and laid-back mindset
Another word for laziness, bad laziness
A good leisure time allows you to focus on the present.
The more relaxed I am, the more I become myself.
Productivity, interpreted a little differently
For you who dream of a luxurious life
The speed of love, the speed of leisure
Speeding should be eliminated brutally.
Relaxation Self-Assessment Checklist

Chapter 8.
Life is filled with people - A rest from love

We are not connected
An attempt to regain warmth and affection
Homo symbius, the value of symbiosis
Relationships are a prerequisite for a happy life.
Another name for rest, love
Community becomes a source of rest
Your family always wants you for who you are
The meaning of sharing and giving with neighbors
The deeper the rest, the deeper the love.
Rest is loving yourself
Beyond Isolation to Connection

Epilogue: For a carefree life unswayed by the world's standards
Appendix: Questions That Make Me Reflect on My Life
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“I know I need to rest, but I don’t have time to rest, and when I do, I feel even more anxious.”
A Portrait of Modern People Painted by 'Rest Deprivation Syndrome'

I'm taking a vacation for the first time in a long time and going on a trip, but I feel uneasy for no reason.
'Performance evaluation season is coming up, so I'm worried I'll be at a disadvantage because of my vacation, right?' 'That client said they'll contact me, so I'm sure my successor will handle it well, right?' These thoughts are swirling around in my head.
In the end, you end up spending the entire trip holding your phone.
When I return home like that, I feel as tired as if I had worked.
Why? Why doesn't our rest function properly? Professor Lee Young-gil explains that this is also one of the symptoms of "rest deficiency syndrome."
Rest Deprivation Syndrome is a new concept created by Professor Lee Young-gil, and refers to various physical and mental symptoms that occur when rest is pushed to the margins of life.
These symptoms include fatigue, depression, anxiety, and burnout.
Rest Deprivation Syndrome isn't just about not having enough time to rest.
It comes when you feel like your break is a waste of time.
Without realizing this, even if you want to rest, you think you don't have time, and even if you do manage to make time to rest, you feel guilty.

There are various factors that cause rest deprivation syndrome, but the biggest cause is the structure of our society.
This is a world where people envy busy lives and consider those who rest to be lazy or lack the desire to develop.
In Korea, where rapid economic growth has led to a "hurry hurry" culture and strict life standards such as getting married on time and buying a house, the rest deficiency syndrome is observed more prominently.
We often see people around us working overtime every day, going to work at the crack of dawn, struggling with fatigue, but gritting their teeth and working hard because they feel like they will fall behind the moment they rest.
We keep pushing rest out of life as we strive to have more, faster.
You run and run like that, and only then are you forced to stop when your health starts to deteriorate.
This book portrays the modern person's addiction to busyness, sharply analyzing the social structural pressures behind it, and the psychological reactions of individuals to it.

If rest leads to anxiety, it's time to examine what role rest plays in your life.
This book will help you identify the causes of the restlessness syndrome you are experiencing and revise your life plans for the future.
To this end, we have included a number of 'self-diagnosis checklists' that can be used to check psychological conditions such as rest deprivation syndrome.
Of course work is important.
However, rest should also be respected on an equal footing with work.
Through this book, I hope you will realize that even you, who are not working and who are resting with peace of mind, are precious.

“I want to live comfortably!”
6 Relaxation Prescriptions for a Life Overloaded with Tension and Anxiety

This book consists of a total of 8 chapters.
Chapters 1 and 2 diagnose the rest deficiency syndrome prevalent in our society and explore what kind of rest is truly life-changing.
Beginning in Chapter 3, we will explore six types of rest that will help you regain your lost purpose in life and enrich your daily life.
Chapter 3, “You must know how to stop to move forward,” talks about the “rest of stopping.”
We examine the things that keep us endlessly busy—the overwhelming workload, unfulfilled desires, the overflow of media information, the gaze of others—and examine how to part ways with them.
Chapter 4, “Work is not everything in life,” deals with “rest without work.”
We live in a society where individual identity is defined by work.
Even when introducing myself, I mention my title, and I have experienced a drop in self-esteem when I don't have a proper job.
But 'I' am not a being that can be explained only by work.
In this chapter, I will learn how to correct my identity that is absorbed in work.

In Chapter 5, “Is That Desire Really Yours?” we explore “the pause that readjusts desire.”
There are disordered desires within us.
Excessive possessiveness, attachment to others, unrestrained pursuit of power, obsession with fame and promotion, and a competitive spirit that forces sacrifice on others.
If you fill your life with unfulfilled desires like this, one day your heart may collapse like a sinkhole.
This chapter will teach you how to prevent this.
Chapter 6, “When Did You Lose Your Smile?” introduces “The Rest of Joy.”
Social success, money, and fame are not the only things that bring joy.
Life becomes more colorful when we find joy in the small, everyday moments and increase the frequency of these moments.
This chapter talks about how to find and enjoy the joys you may have overlooked.

Chapter 7, “Don’t Surrender to the Speed ​​of the World,” shows what “relaxed rest” is.
Relaxation is the practice of finding our own pace against the world's whipping pace.
So that I can live my life the way I want to.
The last 8 chapters, 'Life is filled with people', deal with 'the rest of love'.
It talks about the happiness that can be found in the process of connecting and forming solidarity with the precious people around you.
These six pauses are an antidote to a life filled with tension and anxiety.
Through rest, you become more yourself and can live in balance without being swayed by the world's standards.
That is the 'carefree life'.
Ultimately, the confession that “I want to live carefreely” does not mean that I want to live lightly.
It is a declaration that “I will live my life the way I want” and an expression of my will to “live as myself.”

“You have lived fiercely, you have done well.
“You can put it down now.”
A self-care class for those who try to do everything well but end up being hard on themselves.

What makes our lives so heavy? Could it be a sense of responsibility? If you think about it, we've always lived with a specific purpose in mind.
I had to be a good child who studied hard and got into a high-achieving school.
After graduating, I had to get a good job and earn a stable income.
I heard that you are good at your job.
After marriage, you had to become a loving and supportive spouse.
And I had to become a parent who gave everything to my child without any lack.
All these purposes naturally come with responsibilities, duties, and sacrifices.

This book is not simply about telling you to rest.
This book gives you time to ask yourself and answer whether you, who have always tried to be a good person to others, have been a good person to yourself.
This book gives you an opportunity to reflect on whether the life you lived, even through the hardships of collapse and wear and tear, was truly for you.
To you who don't know how to rest, are afraid of resting, and think you don't deserve to rest, "It's okay.
It is also a book that says, “It’s okay to rest.”
There is no clear answer to the question, 'How can I rest well?'
Because each person has their own rest period.
I just want to tell you this.
“You can let it go!” You’ve done well enough.
I think it will continue to do well in the future.
So, it's okay to stop when you feel overwhelmed.
There is no life that moves forward without ever stopping.
If you are still hesitant to embark on a journey to find rest, open this book.
This book will give you a push at the starting line and provide direction whenever you lose your way.