How important are rest days to you?

It’s easy to fall into the mindset that more hours = faster progress, but I think that can be a bit of a paradox. Like physical training, growth often happens during recovery.

Yesterday I mixed an event for 8 straight hours — line check, monitors, rehearsal, and show — and today I feel completely cooked. The ear fatigue is real. At that point, is it worth forcing a training session, or is it better to come back fresh?