Rest is often framed as the opposite of productivity, when in practice, adequate rest is a prerequisite for sustained good performance at almost anything - the framing of rest as "laziness" tends to produce worse outcomes, not better ones.
Physical and mental performance both follow a stress-and-recovery pattern - skipping the recovery half of that cycle doesn't produce more output, it produces diminishing returns and eventually burnout.
Consistently skipping adequate rest measurably reduces decision-making quality, emotional regulation, and physical health over time - costs that are easy to ignore short-term but accumulate significantly.
Treating rest as a scheduled, non-negotiable part of a routine - rather than something squeezed in only if time allows - is what actually makes it happen consistently, rather than being perpetually deprioritized.