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Sometimes it is necessary, and much easier, to take time out from life to
sit back and take in some air away from your task, and relax. It is for
this reason that relaxation is so popular with many people, and possibly
why many people prefer this to the actual work.
Relaxation on its own is said to be as good as sleep, and is indeed an
important part of sleep, it being very difficult to sleep if you are not
relaxed. At the very least, relaxation is said to do a great deal for you
if you are unable or unwilling to attain the required level of consciousness
required for actual slumber.
People who don't relax enough are likely to suffer, or be suffering, from
stress, which is said to shorten the ultimate lifespan, as it may cause
heart attacks or any number of other problems. Though many of the problems
are more associated with older people, some are known to have been so
stressed in early life that they have experienced these as early as their
20s.
Relaxation, as with most things, can also be taken to extreme, and it is
sometimes the case that too little will get done, because the people
involved in its continuation will have spent too long relaxing rather than
working. Indeed, many jobs that are estimated to take a certain time,
will take a significantly longer time because of the cumulative effect of
the relaxation periods set aside (and taken) by the relevant parties.
Frequent relaxation brings the heightened possibility of a mistaken
diagnosis of post-mortality [1], and can lead to a premature instatement
in a six-foot-deep hole in the ground [2]. It is therefore necessary to
make sure that, if you are relaxing, you have a fully-working and detectable
pulse rate at all times.
[1] Commonly known as "death".
[2] This is not the only action that may be taken. If you are lucky, you
will be sat behind a desk and paid an incredibly large salary.