Recovery

Recovery
I recently learned the value of Rest & Recovery.
Before vacation, I was doing CrossFit on Monday and Jiu-Jitsu & CrossFit on Wednesday,Friday, but I was not honoring the sleep cycle. Frankly, I was starting to feel pretty beat up, tired, and burnt out (mentally and physically). On vacation I had alot of activity in the ocean and I had alot of really deep sleep and pretty clean diet. My joints started to feel better and all my weird little muscle *tweaks* cleared up. The day after I returned from Hawaii, My Fight Gone Bad score improved by 17 points (approximately 8%) , but most importantly I felt very strong, totally repaired, and mentally relaxed and ready. Vacation showed me that I wasn't supporting my Recovery with the same thought process or care that I was investing in the WODs.
Now, I'm trying to have some discipline for Recovery too. To carve out the appropriate amount of time for sleep to promote Recovery is difficult, but now I respect how important it really is.