REST IS NOT WASTED TIME

What if the best holiday plan is no plan at all? In a world that equates rest with waste and stillness with weakness, We Slept the Whole Day offers a quiet, radical perspective: real recovery begins when you stop performing even on vacation. Through personal reflection, neuroscience, and insights drawn from the author’s previous work on discipline, energy protection, and intentional living, this book explores: • Why modern holidays often leave people more exhausted • How sleep repairs the nervous system, emotions, and relationships • Why families heal faster in shared silence than shared activity • How guilt-free rest restores patience, clarity, and joy • Why the first day of any holiday should belong to recovery This is not a book about doing less. It is a book about doing nothing at the right time. Because sometimes, the most memorable day of a holiday is the day you finally stop trying to make it memorable. A