Any time not spent working feels wasted to me — a slow afternoon, an unproductive evening, a lazy morning all carry a low guilt. I have lost the ability to value time that produces nothing, which means I can never fully rest in it.

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The path forward: Notice the guilt around rest Practice one deliberately unproductive hour Let it be valuable as rest One thing to try: Spend one hour this week doing something deliberately unproductive and let it be enough. Time that produces nothing is often where life actually happens.

Any time not spent working feels wasted to me — a slow afternoon, an unproductive evening, a lazy morning all carry a low guilt. I have lost the ability to value time that produces nothing, which means I can never fully rest in it.

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