First I’ll echo what many others said. You need to rest so be careful to not make things worse (by not resting properly and as a result performing worse at work / school / whatever you do in your “productive time”).
That said. If you feel like you’re wasting time then it’s ok to improve that. Some time ago I felt like I was wasting a big chunk of my time. What worked for me was trying out a bunch of things.
Doing chores. Cooking, cleaning my apartment, replacing my clothes with new ones, maintaining my car. Learning how to get better at chores, in a low effort way. I watched a bunch of youtube videos about how to clean better, how to do laundry better, a ton of recipes. I tried some of those (maybe 1% which looked like it’s the least effort / most fun). I like having comfortable clothes, clean apartment, working car. I like some food I can cook better than anything I can buy. So sometimes when I feel tired I enjoy doing chores (since I’m doing them for myself, nobody is forcing me to do them, I can stop doing them whenever I feel like it they are slightly pleasant (very different from when I was doing them on somebody else schedule)).
Reading blogs, watching educational videos. I count things like “videos about game exploits” [1] cooking videos [2], urban planning related videos[3] as educational videos. I count reading blog posts about history or analysing logistics of Lord of the Rings as good things to read[4].
Light exercise. I like walking and going on walks helps me a lot with staying healthy.
Things you’ll enjoy while you’re resting are probably different than those I enjoy so I’d just try a bunch of things which sound like you might like them and see what sticks.
[1] They’re fun examples of things working as implemented and very much not working as intended.
[2] I never cook most of them but they’re often fun to watch and sometimes I find something I want to try.
[3] Also fun to watch and I think they help me understand better why I like some places and make it easier to pick a nice place to live.
[4] Because they’re taking ideas seriously and it’s helps me with learning to notice when things don’t make sense.
First I’ll echo what many others said. You need to rest so be careful to not make things worse (by not resting properly and as a result performing worse at work / school / whatever you do in your “productive time”).
That said. If you feel like you’re wasting time then it’s ok to improve that. Some time ago I felt like I was wasting a big chunk of my time. What worked for me was trying out a bunch of things.
Doing chores. Cooking, cleaning my apartment, replacing my clothes with new ones, maintaining my car. Learning how to get better at chores, in a low effort way. I watched a bunch of youtube videos about how to clean better, how to do laundry better, a ton of recipes. I tried some of those (maybe 1% which looked like it’s the least effort / most fun). I like having comfortable clothes, clean apartment, working car. I like some food I can cook better than anything I can buy. So sometimes when I feel tired I enjoy doing chores (since I’m doing them for myself, nobody is forcing me to do them, I can stop doing them whenever I feel like it they are slightly pleasant (very different from when I was doing them on somebody else schedule)).
Reading blogs, watching educational videos. I count things like “videos about game exploits” [1] cooking videos [2], urban planning related videos[3] as educational videos. I count reading blog posts about history or analysing logistics of Lord of the Rings as good things to read[4].
Light exercise. I like walking and going on walks helps me a lot with staying healthy.
Things you’ll enjoy while you’re resting are probably different than those I enjoy so I’d just try a bunch of things which sound like you might like them and see what sticks.
[1] They’re fun examples of things working as implemented and very much not working as intended.
[2] I never cook most of them but they’re often fun to watch and sometimes I find something I want to try.
[3] Also fun to watch and I think they help me understand better why I like some places and make it easier to pick a nice place to live.
[4] Because they’re taking ideas seriously and it’s helps me with learning to notice when things don’t make sense.