Be flexible enough to be able to lower your standards when that becomes necessary.

Sometimes it makes sense to lower your standards to be able to decrease your stress levels by telling yourself it’s okay to aspire for nothing at the moment but to survive.

If you always have insane ambition you’ll not be able to chill and not stress yourself out while trying to take it easy and have fun for a while.

Still this isn’t about demonizing working all the time, or recommending giving up on your big goals, in order to avoid burnout. You just don’t have to think about work or your goals all the time, even when you’re trying to rest. You cannot accomplish that objective if you insisted upon considering lowering your standards even when you’re trying to chill for a while to be one of the deadly sins. You really have to not give a damn about your work, your goals, the betterment of the quality of your life, or success at all in order to be able to fully embrace a resting session.