Week 10: "Tired and Wired" — The Anatomy of Exhaustion

1.Niequist distinguishes between being tired — a physical need met by sleep — and being wired, a kind of frantic, anxious energy that sleep doesn't fix. Which of those most accurately describes your own state right now?

2.She argues that many of us are afraid of silence and stillness because they force us to confront things we have been running from. What do you think you might encounter if you were to be truly still for an extended period of time?

3.Niequist writes about the cultural glorification of busyness — the way we wear exhaustion as a badge of honor. Have you caught yourself doing this? What does it feel like when you can't claim busyness as an identity?