This is it, really. Trying to feign ignorance with the unchanging aspects of life almost always backfires back at us, sometimes a ten fold. I do appreciate taking a break every now and then, as in going on a side quest in a video game. But my mind is always on the main quests, thinking out ways to solve my problems in the here and now. I love the idea of viewing the mind as a problem solving tool and stress testing it to make the mind stronger or more resilient. It's very accurate from personal experience :)
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I've stressed tested myself in many difficult situations. The only problem I face 90% of the time is that my body is not as strong enough to carry out the solutions. However, I see myself as a fighter even I lose a lot of battles, I still try to fight the ones I can instead of running away from them. From my point of view, unless you've given on life, then that's the only way you should be running away.
That's the thing which is hard to reconcile or make peace with, the mind would want to keep going but the body will refuse, especially when it has reached its limit. I think past a certain level, the mind can't keep tricking the body to do what it wants no matter how much we'd like to believe otherwise. The never give up mantra suits well here :)