exhaustion

Spain has an antidote to mental and emotional exhaustion: the nap

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In Spain, the tradition of the siesta has long been a cultural habit. However, today science claims it as a valuable resource to combat mental and emotional exhaustion. Different studies show that a well-planned nap not only helps you regain energy, but also improves cognitive functions and mood, something especially useful in times when stress and fatigue are the order of the day. Therefore, napping is an effective strategy to maintain active and balanced mind throughout the day. A mental reset called a nap The importance of the nap lies in its ability to refresh the brain and body, allowing people to face their daily tasks with better spirits and concentration, as highlighted a study from the University of Coruña. A quality nap increases energy, alertness and relaxation after rest. Improves concentration, memory and logical reasoning, promoting better performance in activities that require attention and mental speed. Besides, helps stabilize moodreduces impulsivity and makes it easier to calmly handle the frustrating tasks that often appear during the day. The scientific evidence indicate that even very short naps of just six minutes can be effective in improving sleep. processing of ideaswhile longer naps help consolidate long-term memories. For the nap to be effective, its ideal duration this between 15 and 30 minutesenough time for the brain to recover its capacity, but without entering phases of deep sleep that could cause drowsiness when waking up. Likewise, the best time to take a nap is between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., a time that coincides with a natural drop in energy during the day. If the nap lasts too long or takes place after three in the afternoon, it can negatively affect nighttime sleep, generating insomnia or a phenomenon known as “sleep inertia“, which consists of a feeling of drowsiness and difficulty reactivating after rest. Additionally, if naps become frequent and long without any noticeable improvement in performance when you wake up, it could be indicative of a sleep disorder underlying that should be evaluated by a professional. The nap is a break, not a substitute It is essential to clarify that the nap should in no case replace the need to sleep between seven and nine hours a nightsince this night rest is essential to maintain good general health and ensure efficient recovery, something that is only achieved when the brain reaches certain phases of sleep. “Sleeping well is much more than the time you spend in bed. The first is the number of hours you sleep. The second is the quality of sleep: having restful, uninterrupted sleep. The last is a regular sleep schedule,” assures Dr. Marishka Brown, sleep expert at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Not all people experience the same benefits of nap; The effects may vary depending on individual factors such as lifestyle and health. When you rely too much on long naps to compensate for fatigue, could be a symptom of health problems that require medical attention. In fact, some studies indicate that prolonged naps they associate in certain cases with metabolic problems such as obesity, although a direct causality has not been confirmed, but rather other factors related to lifestyle intervene. In Xataka | Sleeping in 90-minute cycles seemed like a magical solution to wake up like a rose: science doesn’t think the same Image | Pexels (Kaboompics.com)

The recipe of generation Z against exhaustion consists of not waiting at 65 to retire

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Young people from generation Z are increasingly unlikely to retire, so They are breaking with the traditional idea to work tirelessly until 65 to retire. Instead of waiting for decades to enjoy life, generation Z is promoting a trend that redefines the balance between work and well -being: Microjubilation. Live to work or work to live. This phenomenon, which He has gained strength Thanks to social networks, and proposes strategic pauses in the professional career to recharge energies, explore personal interests and prioritize mental health, all while you still have youth and vitality. As published The Guardian, The concept has its origin in the book ‘The 4 -hour work week‘Timothy Ferriss, in which the author prioritized to lead a happy and full life over professional careers dedicated to making others the dreams of others. You will rest when you retire … or not. According to A survey De sumimbuilder.com, 13% of American retirees expect that during 2025 they will have to return to the labor market Due to the high cost of life, and 22% are already working to subsist. In Spain, on the other hand, the panorama is just the opposite. According to a study From the BBVA and IVIE Foundation, the rent of those over 65 in Spain is 6.4% higher than the European average. Both scenarios are equally bad for those who begin their work career now. In the American case, generation Z has discovered that reaching the retirement age does not imply stop working, even when you have spent all your life doing it. On the other hand, in the case of Spain, the sustainability of pensions and the progressive aging of the population, does not guarantee that, who just begin their work career now, they will have such a wealthy retirement Like who retires now. In either case, the idea of ​​being able to rest when you retire from a thread. Marathon or sprints. Given this dilemma, generation Z is not only rethinking when and how to rest, but also how to build a more sustainable and satisfactory professional life by interspersing sabbatical periods as a “microjubilation” throughout your professional career, As they point out in Bloomberg. Unlike traditional sabbatical periods, which are usually linked to agreements with the employer and may include some type of salary, many young people choose to leave their employment temporarily and finance these brief periods of disconnection with their own savings. The objective is clear: take advantage of the energy and health of youth to travel, learn new skills or devote yourself to personal projects, instead of postponing these dreams to old age. Dominating remote work and precariousness. This new approach to generation Z also responds to a labor reality in which the instability and precariousness They are the order of the day. With the advancement of technology and the normalization of remote work, reinstatement to the world of work after a microretiro offers less friction than in previous generations, when an employee remained In the same company for decades. Generation has proven not to be afraid of change jobs oftenand interspersed a short period of rest between work and work can be a way of applying this model. The possibility of working for projects, part -time or remotely allow these breaks not to necessarily mean a setback in the professional career. In fact, according toThe published by The conversationIn Australia, for example, some companies offer their workers a paid permit when they have been working for them for seven to ten years. A kind of parental permit, but take care of oneself. The value of mental health and well -being. He physical and mental well -being It is one of the main concerns of generation Z, and one of the incentives of these microjubilaciones. StudiesThe World Health Organization revealed the direct relationship between the long working days and the 29% increase in deaths from heart disease and stroke between 2000 and 2016. Before this panorama, young people prefer to prevent exhaustion programming prolonged breaks, instead of waiting for health problems to accumulate over the years. Business Insider HE echoed In the case of Anaïs Felt, a senior manager in a technological company in Silicon Valley who, overwhelmed by the stress and fatigue caused by his work, decided to make a small pause in his career. “I came home so exhausted that I just knocked down on the couch to recover, drew and then lay down,” he said about his routine. “I had no energy to run, or to spend time with my partner, or to laugh,” Felt said in one of the videos he has hung In your Tiktok profile counting his experience. Trend with many “Peros”. Although the microjubilation approach is shown as a way to balance the Self -care with professional careersreality is sometimes stubborn and insists on making it unfeasible. As Felt remembered in the description of his video, before taking one of these breaks he had already paid his student loan and covered some basic needs, making special emphasis on the nuance of “If you can afford it, in my opinion, it is totally worth it.” Belgium State recognizes In his Labor Law the right to disconnect, offering a pause pause. However, previous studies To this measure they recognized that making this pause could have an important impact on the professional career, and became more persistent the younger they were the ones who requested it. Before some fired rental pricesthe cost of up to rise and Added salaries makes the age of emancipation in Spain place at 30.4 years, According to data of Eurostat. If the Z generation is committed to microjubilation, it could make that age superior in the future, depending for a longer time of family support. In Xataka | The Z generation is facing precarious salaries and triggered rentals: it will soon be the richest generation in history Image | Unspash (Keegan Houser)

K-pop begins to give signs of exhaustion

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A few years ago, we talked about how K-Pop, the Korean synthetic pop groups manifestly prefabricated and whose background is so fascinating or more than their music, They were sweeping the international panoramaafter decades kneading millions in their country of origin. Currently, however, signals of exhaustion are detected both in financial and creative. Are we seeing the principle of gender decline or is it only an occasional bump? 2020, turning point. It was in that year, As The Guardian rememberswhen BTS, perhaps The most popular K-Pop group in the worldhe cast his song ‘Dynamite‘In the best -selling lists in the United States. It was a first time for the K-Pop that seemed to consolidate in 2023, when the Blackpink were Coachella poster head. Since then, soloists like Jennie and Lisa (Blackpink outings), the new sensation of the genre Tomorrow X Together, Ateez or Twice have entered the North American list: Seven of the 10 best-selling CDs in the US in 2024 were K-Pop. And this presence in the American lists is perhaps what is precipitating a certain crisis … in Korea. Sound internationalization. When Korean bands have detected the possibility of expanding their already huge market, they have applied an internationalizing roller to many of their successes, without a doubt derived from the success of ‘Dynamite’, sung entirely in English, perhaps essential requirement to succeed in a list as Anglocentric as that of US successes. This has not liked, the Guardian tells, the fans of a lifetime, who are also seeing how an older fandom enters: the K-Pop has ceased to be a strictly youthful phenomenon (as phenomena such as the tour ‘Forever Young’ tour of Day6 this year, aimed at a mature audience), and more than integrate, that alienates the usual fans. Songs in English, little Korean sound. This internationalization goes through a series of elements that are not well seen in Korea. For example, singing in English: ‘Dynamite’ has been a success in the United States, as we said, precisely thanks to the fact that it is sung entirely in that language, an absolute first time for gender. But not only that: the last viral success in networks like Tiktok of the K-Pop, ‘APT‘, by Rosé (another Blackpink member) is not only sung in English and is a duet with Bruno Mars, but its sound is absolutely produced in the American style, as a kind of accelerated Lady Gaga and Punk-Pop. Korea looks at J-Pop. And we do not talk about success strictly from the United States: in Spain, without going any further, COLDE, AESPA, KISS OF LIFE AND TXT have played and in the rest of this year the visits of Lun8, Kisu, Wave to Earth, Stray Kids or Blackpink are planned in the rest of this year. More and more international, increasingly related to international tastes, it is logical that Korean fans themselves turn their backs: current idols Synthetic generated. And meanwhile, the industry is atomized. Traditionally, K-Pop groups have been created by seals through castings, and have controlled absolutely all aspects of their career: their public image, their personal relationships, etc. In 2022, a group of the most praised in the scene, Newjaans, He tried to disconnect from his stampHybe, as a protest for the treatment they had given them and for the dismissal of their producer and responsible for their sound, a unclassifiable mixture of advanced pop, pop and electronics. They talked to their fans in direct on the Internet and unleashed a public discussion about the Labor rights of K-Pop artists. A business in crisis. Newjaans’ action served as wedge so that the industry, which is becoming more rigid, gives crisis symptoms, or at least exhibits certain cracks in its structure. As proof, sales: Korea Music Content Association has observed That after nine consecutive years of crush, in 2024 discs sales fell 19% in Korea. An image crisis. A revealing detail both about the crisis in the industry in Korea and the fall in sales is that two of the groups that traction the industry (In the words of ‘Korea Times’), BTS and BlackPink (some doing military service, the others focused on their international careers) have paralyzed their activity in the country. Hybe, the seal with which Newjaans collided, and the most important in the Korean industry, It takes time reporting losses and is immersed in an image crisis that has led him to apologize to rival seals, artists and the public. Everything points to a sign of the times that may be the beginning of an inevitable change. In Xataka | If you listen to K-Pop, forced labor: North Korea is battling the cultural hegemony of its neighbors without regard

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