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Why rest feels morally wrong

I feel guilty every time I sit down without a task because there's always something I should be doing instead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Internalized productivity creates a tyranny where being without doing becomes a transgression against the self.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Attention and its relationship to time?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.