Topics: Calm Productivity Self-discovery Peace & Spirituality
Leisure is quality, unstructured enrichment like free reading, playing an instrument, or writing music. It’s play.1
Leisure is also (paradoxically) a critical compliment to Deep Work (see: Creating and maintaining a monoideal state). Take advantage of your unconscious mesh-net to untangle your greatest challenges; your ‘System 1’ association network beats ‘System 2’s conscious deliberation, especially for ambiguous or ‘high dimensional’ problems.2
If following A simple schedule, Leisure is a key part of a successful day. The evening is often used as a moment for wandering, with space for synthesis and new connections primed by the Deep Work over the morning hours. Those hours of intense focus signal your brain: “Hey theres something really important over here…” and then your unconscious mind handles the most complex unresolved challenges through the diffuse attention mechanism. 3
Leisure helps you restore your Depleted Willpower, find the most profound insights, and solve your most complex personal challenges. 4
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“Diffuse attention” - Westenberg, Productivity Is a Trap ↩