Idea for a book. Down Time. How our unquenched need for recharging time leads to poor job performance, strained relationships, unfullfilled lives, wasted time, etc.
Basically, browsing through Betty Friedan's Feminie Mystique got me thinking about the power of putting a name to an unquenched frustration.
Since my recognition of the need for down time is particularly high, I realized that maybe most Americans have a need for down time and don't realize it.
I think back in the 80s, a lot of noise was made about the concept of "Stress." How to deal with it, how it occurs, how it affects our lives.
Well, the concept of Down Time is a related one. Not exactly one-to-one, but I think it has potential to be a trend maker for a few years.
Basically, as an Introvert, I need to "recharge" by having downtime. Reading is good, so is working outside in the garden. My wife needs to recharge in similar ways.
When we don't recharge, we get irritable, we get short tempered, we start doing things that are halfway attempts to recharge but aren't particularly effective. Reading on the internet during work. Watching TV excessively. Sitting down motionless on the couch and staring into space. Avoiding talking to people.
Anyways, since this is Idea Froth, and not a place for full blown explanations, that's about all I have to say on the subject for the moment.
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