https://twitter.com/ajeet_gill/status/1378235652270030852?s=20
A busy schedule is a sign to ask yourself, Are you running away from your default thoughts disguised in the form of productivity?
A typical restaurant gets busy at evening or night, or rarely brunch-ish time.
The rest of the time, it's not busy, and there's not much work to do. But my co-workers were still doing work at that time, cleaning tables, utensils, countertops, etc. Mostly I didn't do any of that, which pissed them off.
Meanwhile, I was standing still. Just observing random stuff around me, falling leaves, a kid smiling, watching my breath, thinking about anything(from something I read, assignments, making jokes). I was doing all that, standing still, not doing "work".
You can see why it pissed off everyone. Me standing still while co-workers were doing "WORK."
When someone asked me to join them in doing "work", I'd make mock them sarcastically. Saying, "So you want me to clean the tables which are already clean? Correct? You see the error in what you're asking me to do." The reason I said "WORK."
To make things more fun for me. I'd mention all the corners, photo frames, the not-so-obvious places that they missed. I was able to see all this because I was observing anything around me, my breath, passing-by people, and weirdly including furniture of restaurant.
I'd mock them to make them aware that they're not doing work as much as doing work to fill their time up. Sometimes I'd challenge my co-workers - "Let's see who can 'do nothing' for longer."
This sieves into our lives in different forms.
The urge to consume that pending article, podcast, watch something educational when taking a walk, or sitting in a bus/car. Sunday passes by before you notice it because so much work came up.
Ever heard of it? Keep yourself busy- you won't think about it.
Yes & No. I'm not saying if you're using that time to be more productive, it's a bad thing. It depends.