macro
- Tim Kreider
Discretionary time
Time to read is seen as a luxury, a flower broken by the storm. The first thing we lose under pressure is discretionary time, and yet without this investment in ourselves, we are destined, forever, to be ourselves. To deny the opportunity to become the person who we have the potential to be. To grow is to thrive. If we lose ourselves in the busyness of the everyday, we are simply surviving.
Source: On Reading
#busyness #time #growth #JulianStodd #quote
Rest ≠ Fun (and vice versa)
Bookmarked Rest Isn’t Always Fun (and Fun Isn’t Always Rest)
fun activities that we enjoy and find pleasurable can be depleting, leaving us happy and appreciative–but not well-rested.
It’s the ‘fun isn’t always rest’ element of this article that interests me most. My partner and I were planning holidays recently and discussing where we’d like to go. We ended up categorizing the locations by the type of holiday: relaxation (rest) or adventure (fun).
Our choice of destination will be determined by what we need at what time of year. For example after the busy summer retail period and financial end of year in August, my partner needs to relax. Whereas in Spring after we’ve hibernated all winter, we’re looking for adventure.
#rest #EdBatista #bookmark
Time and quiet
Time and quiet should not be luxury items.
Source: Time Off
At the end of the Time Off episode 10 Actions From 2018 there’s some bonus content, Tim Kreider’s audio essay on busyness. It’s similar, although not identical to his 2012 opinion piece in The New York Times.
This quote stood out to me. He’s right, time and quiet, space to think, should not be luxuries. We need to be able to build this into our daily lives. It’s a theme I’ll be thinking and writing more about this year.
#busyness #TimKreider #quote
Idleness
Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets. The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole, for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration — it is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done.
Source: The ‘Busy’ Trap
#quote #gtd #busyness
Begin again
If the last year went awry and the supply of new ones is not unlimited, here, at least, is one more.
Source: Begin Again
The poetry of this post from Martin Wroe struck a chord. The sentiment too, of taking time to pause, reflect, and then, begin again.
Tags: #bookmark #reflection #pause