Sometimes doing nothing can be productive. Driven people are often always working towards our goals. Even when we’re not working, our minds are still focused on the moves we have to make.
There are different theories out there that can be conflicting. Hustle culture tells us to be working every waking minute. Others may be focused on doing as little as possible to get by. Everyone has different ways of looking at things.
I personally have huge goals and this can often lead to an imbalance where most of my life is focused on those goals. The thing I need to remind myself is that down time often leads to more productive work time. Without some disconnect time, we can find ourselves staying busy and lacking focus.
We might find ourselves doing work just to put in a long day, but how much of that time actually moved us closer to our goals? How much of it was just being busy?
— Bus
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Ernie P. Water
I was tasked with preparing some CAD standards as we’re migrating to a new drafting software at work. I worked loooong days/nights in developing these standards and also a drawing template file. There were times that I needed a day or so break in the process to allow myself to process it in my head. That stuff needed to bounce around in my head which helped with the process. My brain needed time to process/ponder what I was developing and the break (doing nothing) was as important in the process as the rest of it. After my break, I always had fresher ideas and/or a solution to what I was developing. So yes, doing nothing was very productive for me in this case.