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Time and Attention

29: Yes, You Have Permission To Be Lazy Right Now

May 19, 2020
The podcast explores the benefits of laziness and idleness, including enhanced reading, allowing our minds to wander, and taking decompression time. It emphasizes the importance of prioritizing idleness and reflection, recognizing disparities in the impact of the pandemic, accurate time estimation, and the advantages of laziness in enhancing creativity, recharging mental capacity, and improving productivity.
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Quick takeaways

  • Idleness, when practiced properly, can actually make you more productive and creative.
  • Embracing idleness and allowing our minds to wander can tap into new ideas and perspectives.

Deep dives

The Value of Idleness

Laziness, when understood as idleness, can have benefits such as generating more ideas, making better plans, and providing more energy. When our mind wanders freely, we often come up with brilliant insights and thoughts that we would not have had while focusing on a specific task. Additionally, idleness allows us to think about the future and our goals more frequently, leading to better planning. Furthermore, when we give our minds a break from constant focus, we recharge our mental capacity to be more productive.

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