There's a lot here that resonates with me. I crave time to myself, but when I get it I notice feeling like I must fill it with productivity. I'm working on allowing myself time to rest and reflect - and not seeing it as a 'write off', but an essential part of a productive and creative life; resting IS being productive.
I've found myself drawn to documenting, too, and am experimenting with documenting my life in the public space. It's nice keeping some documentation all to myself, though :)
There is such a compulsion to 'be productive'. And I agree that we need to reframe what it means to be productive. The danger I see its that we see resting and recovery implicitly as a refractory period before we can go back to being 'productive' again. Rest and recovery are an instrumental stepping stone to get back on the treadmill. I would like a different treadmill. In fact. I want off the treadmill. I'll just walk instead.
Why do we (I) feel guilty about doing nothing?!
Like most things, part innate; a lot, conditioning.
There's a lot here that resonates with me. I crave time to myself, but when I get it I notice feeling like I must fill it with productivity. I'm working on allowing myself time to rest and reflect - and not seeing it as a 'write off', but an essential part of a productive and creative life; resting IS being productive.
I've found myself drawn to documenting, too, and am experimenting with documenting my life in the public space. It's nice keeping some documentation all to myself, though :)
There is such a compulsion to 'be productive'. And I agree that we need to reframe what it means to be productive. The danger I see its that we see resting and recovery implicitly as a refractory period before we can go back to being 'productive' again. Rest and recovery are an instrumental stepping stone to get back on the treadmill. I would like a different treadmill. In fact. I want off the treadmill. I'll just walk instead.
Yeah, I think that's a fair concern. I like how you've framed it - a walk sounds good!