"It’s easy to misinterpret advice like this as the barking of a drill sergeant who wants you to cram more achievements into your day. **But Bennett’s insight is that zoning out is tiring, not relaxing; half-hearted semi-focusing causes life to feel like an exhausting blur.** He was born in 1867, and died in 1931, so he never had to confront reality TV-watching, or mindless web-surfing – **the things we do (or half-do) today to relax, but that leave us curiously drained**. One suspects he wouldn’t have been a fan." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[dealing-with-social-media]], [[mindfulness]], [[hobbies]], **Source** -- [[20241114100017 - B - Help!]]