I mean its so much better for the brain to be active working doing useful things stimulating your brain or working out, we all have a reward system and everytime we finish a task we feel a sense of accomplishment but everytime you should be doing something that you know will feel good in the end you just get this urge of doing nothing today and just relaxing,
shouldnt our brain be chasing this sense of accomplishment? Where does this feeling come from
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While I don’t dispute the evolutionary explanations I feel like they are overlooking “conditioning” and “habit”. Many of us who have had their schedule completely full for a long period of time have difficulty doing nothing. Habit is a very strong motivator, it’s the reason people can become mentally addicted to doing things when there is no physically addictive property.
I actually have this exact conversation with other parents who are business owners or executives, we simply can’t do nothing anymore. And I do mean “can’t”. While I used to be able to sleep in, now I’m up at 6am or after 6 hours of sleep, whichever comes first. Even smoking pot is different because of how I am conditioned to always be productive and doing something. I used to be happy smoking and watching TV, now if I do that I’ll find myself compelled to at least respond to emails, do ordering and QuickBooks. I literally can’t do “nothing”, in fact it would be torture to try and I would either start doing chores or pull out my phone and at least start researching my plans for my business or home.
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