週休三日是否有機會正式立法，社會仍在觀望。但我從企業的角度，正面看待「四天工作、三天休假」這樣的制度，因為我深信：績效不但不會下降，反而會上升。

只要公司採取輪班制，週一到週五依然可以維持正常營運，而員工因壓力降低、精神恢復，反而能交出更好的表現。即使是全年無休的服務業，也完全可以在制度中找到平衡。

同樣的邏輯也適用於孩子，小學生與國高中生的上學時間，遲早都必須延後到九點，讓他們多出一到兩小時的睡眠。這或許短期內難以推動，但它將是不可逆的趨勢。

每當工作忙碌到壓縮了我的運動時間，我的身體就會發出警訊；而當這份忙碌進一步侵蝕睡眠品質時，身體不只會警告，我也會清楚感受到壓力荷爾蒙在體內升高。

現代人的生活壓力普遍過高。即使早已習慣「做五休二」的節奏，仍然無法抵消長期壓力所造成的內分泌失衡。幾乎所有勞動人口，都在免疫力下降的邊緣遊走。

忙碌的生活需要停損，忙碌的身體也需要停損。無法正視這兩個面向的人，遲早都要面對身體的反撲，那是身體在無路可退時，最後的吶喊。

 

想像一下，如果你連續兩週沒有一天休假。對你而言或許不常見，但世界上卻有太多人長期把生命奉獻給工作。

也許是能力強，也許是責任重，那些「校長兼工友」的企業負責人，最容易讓壓力荷爾蒙長期過度燃燒；許多藝術創作者，也常用睡眠換取創作進度，把身體消耗到極限。

每天持續存在的壓力，會一點一滴侵蝕免疫系統。它通常來自某個特定的人，或某種特定的環境，真正致命的不是事件，而是「持續」。

壓力可能來自外在，也可能來自內在，來自那種永遠不允許自己放鬆的高壓狀態。

而睡不好，會讓一切急速惡化。失眠先是結果，接著變成原因。幾乎所有癌症患者，在發病前都經歷過這樣的摧殘，說得直白一點，多半是自己一步一步累積出來的。

惡性循環既是結果，也是原因。它會一圈一圈放大，而每一位當事人，其實在過程中都能感覺得到，只是幾乎所有真正生病的人，都選擇視而不見。

 

胰島素阻抗，來自「不停的吃」。現代人視為理所當然的三餐，正是問題的起點。

每天不斷製造耗損，終有一天，身體會反撲。

阻抗，本身就是一種反撲。當人不了解「身體需要停損」，就得承受胰島素失效的代價。幾乎所有文明病，都是從這種生活模式開始的。

同樣的事，也發生在壓力荷爾蒙身上。每天壓力破表的人，持續把皮質醇叫出來應付生活，最終，身體會用「皮質醇阻抗」來阻止這場自我毀滅。

因為工作的關係，長期觀察身邊人的忙碌狀態。他們的忙碌讓我感到緊繃，不是因為他們吵，而是因為我在乎他們的健康。我知道，我有責任替他們設下停損點。

人們常說：「我最近很忙。」得到的回應往往是：「忙很好。」但從結果來看，忙一點也不好，忙，最終會忙出病來。

忙的背後，可能是責任，也可能是貪婪。而所有那些健康崩潰後的嘆息，其實都可以在更早之前踩下煞車。

 

當一個人同時出現胰島素阻抗與皮質醇阻抗，意味著這兩種關鍵荷爾蒙都失去作用，免疫系統也只能舉起白旗。

當你發現自己出現甲狀腺失衡，其實不必急著就醫，因為那不是急症，那是長期緊繃與忙碌所累積出來的結果。

甲狀腺只是犧牲品，它替失衡的內分泌系統扛下了責任。如果生活態度不願意停損，接下來就會一路走向「細胞拒絕壓力荷爾蒙」，人也會逐漸失去承受壓力的能力。

停損是什麼？是停止工作，去放空，去度假，去山林走路，去和大自然重新連結，

把所有壓力源暫時放下。

我這一生，從與身體相處中讀懂了兩件事：身體不適合過度處理食物，也不適合過度處理壓力。

斷食，是一種留白。它讓身體從忙碌中醒來，也讓身心靈從緊繃中解放。只要你願意暫停，只要你願意停損，身體與生命，終究會找回自己的力量。

 

（自我照顧，就是允許自己停下來。）

 

No Matter What, You Must Call a Stop-Loss

Whether a three-day weekend will ever be formally legislated is still uncertain.
But from a business perspective, I view a four-day workweek with three days off as a positive development—because I am convinced that productivity would not decrease; it would rise.

With shift systems in place, companies can still operate Monday through Friday, while employees—freed from chronic exhaustion—return with clearer minds and stronger performance. Even service industries that operate year-round can find balance within such a structure.

The same logic applies to children.
Elementary and secondary school students should eventually start their school day at 9 a.m., giving them one or two more hours of sleep. It may be difficult to implement in the short term, but it is an inevitable future.

Whenever work becomes so busy that it crowds out my exercise, my body sends me warning signals.
And when it begins to erode my sleep, I not only feel those warnings—I can sense stress hormones rising inside me.

Modern life is saturated with stress.
Even those accustomed to the “five days on, two days off” rhythm cannot escape the hormonal imbalance caused by chronic pressure. Nearly the entire workforce lives on the edge of weakened immunity.

A busy life needs a stop-loss.
A busy body needs a stop-loss.
Those who ignore both will eventually face the body’s counterattack—the final cry of a system that has nowhere left to retreat.
—

Imagine working two full weeks without a single day off.
It may sound extreme, but countless people live this way.

Some are highly capable, some bear heavy responsibility.
Business owners who play both “principal and janitor” keep their stress hormones burning far beyond what the body can tolerate. Many artists trade sleep for creative output, draining themselves to the limit.

Constant stress slowly erodes the immune system.
It usually comes from a particular person or environment, but what truly destroys health is not the event—it is the continuity.

Stress may come from outside, or from within—from a life that never allows itself to relax.

Poor sleep accelerates everything.
Insomnia first appears as a result, then becomes the cause. Almost every cancer patient has endured this kind of prolonged self-depletion before illness appears. To be blunt, it is largely self-accumulated.

A vicious cycle is both the outcome and the engine.
It expands in widening loops, and people can feel it happening—yet most of those who eventually fall ill choose not to see it.
—

Insulin resistance comes from constant eating.
What modern society calls “normal”—three meals a day—is often the root of the problem.

Daily depletion eventually provokes the body to fight back.
Resistance itself is a form of rebellion. When people fail to recognize that the body needs a stop-loss, they pay the price when insulin stops working. Most modern diseases begin here.

The same pattern applies to stress hormones.
Those who live under nonstop pressure continually summon cortisol to survive the day—until the body finally responds with cortisol resistance to halt the damage.

Because of my work, I closely observe how busy the people around me are. Their exhaustion makes me tense—not because they disturb me, but because I care about their health. I know it is my responsibility to help them set a stop-loss.

People often say, “I’ve been so busy lately.”
The reply is usually, “That’s good.”
But judged by results, busyness is not good. Busyness eventually becomes illness.

Behind busyness may lie responsibility—or greed.
Every tragic sigh that follows a health collapse could have been avoided by braking earlier.
—

When insulin resistance and cortisol resistance occur together, both of these critical hormones fail—and the immune system raises the white flag.

If you notice thyroid imbalance, there is no need to panic. It is not an emergency—it is the accumulated result of long-term tension and overwork.

The thyroid is only a scapegoat.
It bears the burden of a disordered endocrine system. Without a change in lifestyle, the body will progress toward cellular resistance to stress hormones, and the person will lose the ability to cope with pressure.

So what is a stop-loss?

It is stopping work.
Letting go.
Going on vacation.
Walking in forests and mountains.
Returning to nature.
Setting down every source of pressure.

From a lifetime of listening to my body, I have learned two things:
The body should not be forced to process too much food.
And it should not be forced to process too much stress.

Fasting is a form of blank space.
It wakes the body from busyness and frees the mind and spirit from tension.

When you allow yourself to pause,
when you dare to call a stop-loss,
your body—and your life—will find their strength again.