It’s been a while since I took a break. I’ve been working for most of 2010, including weekends. When I take leaves, I tend to travel. So it’s rather refreshing, or at least different, to have yesterday and today off didn’t trying to be productive.
What I did so far:
Read blogs, watched youtube videos on Michael Jordan, Kobe, and Tyson after reading some athlete interviews, watched clubbing videos from different countries, reflected on work, played basketball, cut hair, bought NY travel guide (my next destination), posted photos on facebook and tried to catch up with friends, checked my corporate mails, and started a blog.
A break without doing much doesn’t make me feel good. In some way I want to be productive and do something meaningful. It is the mindset, that there is no need to rush, that there is more time left, that is refreshing.
I want to cultivate this “abundant” mindset. I tend to think there’s not enough time to do everything I want to do, that there’s no time to waste if I want to be good and to achieve what I want. But that mindset could be counterproductive.
It’s more about the quality of time that matters. Our perception of time changes depending on how we engage and enjoy the activity. There is a fine balance between being focused and feeling busy without achieving much. I need to do more of the first and cut the latter.
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