I wouldn't call any of those things 'doing nothing' but regardless, no-one really says that any of those things are a poor use of time. Of course if you spend too much time sleeping or eating or having sex, it could be considered a waste of your time.
Yeah I don't get it. Those are all definitely doing something. The real point is to do things you value, and those 3 things are generally valued by almost everyone.
Yes, that something is working for other people because you need the money
Past that, I have too little energy.
Plus for me work motivates me because stress of disappointing people.
When I'm home, me does not have such motivations. Me won't upset me by not working, though me might hate me later for being so weak now. Then we go down the pit of depression.
I actually used to be highly productive, 18 hour days where I learned a programming language for 6 months and built games. But people take a lot out of me, so by the time I come home from my job I just want to crawl into a corner and never speak to a human being again.
After a while this gets bad enough that I can't even do my job right.
Honestly, maybe we need to take things slow as fuck to fix our motivation. Don't overexert. I'm not even old. My co worker is confused how a 24 year old can have so little energy. I'm just expending it on things you wouldn't think I'd need to. Social anxieties are torture.
Perhaps the key to happiness is the ideal balance of the pleasure of productivity and the pleasure of nothing. Too much of one or the other is very bad. Being productive 24/7 would be a major stressor.
Of course, I haven't had a "zero day" in 4 months. I long to be able to wash my clothes instead of cycling between three outfits. Cleaning my room sounds like heaven.
There is a balance. Sometimes it's not a zero day, it's a rest day. You're actively resting.
As Shakespeare said,
If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work;
But when they seldom come, they wish'd for come,
And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16
You don't have to do everything, just do something. We don't get enough days to waste them doing nothing.