Have you been idling"
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Have you been idling"
Not exactly being non-productive but not entirely proactive" Those sorts of half state where ideas come and go but never take shape. Plans are in the mind but stuck very firmly in the back. Life goes on but it lacks the drive we normally throw at it or would like to.

It isn’t an entirely bad thing if neutral is a pause.
Taking a break is therapeutic and so necessary to recalibrate. The problem comes when the break leads to a permanent malaise. It happens slowly and it becomes more about putting off than doing. Days stretch to weeks, excuses multiply and make total sense and we talk ourselves around with sound reason. Slowly but surely we are complacent and that’s when it is hard to shift gears and move forward.
A slow process that starts without intention can sap us of our enthusiasm and joie de vivre.

I believe we have to work hard to stay engaged and face challenges as we age.
It is so much easier to let things “slide’ or “take it easy”. Not really. We will never feel better than when we try and when we accomplish; the results are not the key, it is the doing.

Activity, not passivity is the answer to everything.
Easier said than done, right"
I feel like idling some days, no, many days and if I stay put too long I do find it hard to get going again. It is the same for me physically as mentally. ...