Since most of us (in the US, at least) have the day off from work to celebrate, here's some food for thought from an excellent essay on busyness:
"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." --Tim Krieder, from "The Busy Trap" NY Times 6/30/12
It's a really great piece.
Hope you have some freedom to be lazy or wander or shirk obligations and play today! And enjoy the fireworks, too.
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4 comments:
Sometimes I wish I was a little busier so that I'd be forced to develop better time management and routines. But there is definitely something to be said for idleness and relaxation. Hope your day is completely relaxing and lots of fun. Happy 4th of July! :)
I love that quote - I just wish I could apply it. Although, after several hours of revising (that's fun work), I did spend the remainder of the day relaxing...it's just so hard for me to relax. :)
Hope you had a wonderful fourth!
I read this article recently as well, and I liked the part about busyness as a "hedge against emptiness." That feels so true sometimes.
Hope you had a fun fourth!
@Crystal: That comment really got me, too. I know it's true for me at times.
Hope you had a good fourth, too!
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