Not every waking hour should revolve around work & “productivity”: yes.
Remote working is making this harder: yes.
Laziness can spark creative thought: yes.
Laziness isn’t bad: mostly not.
Scrolling social media feeds constitute good breaks: they could.
Social media feeds are designed to constitute good breaks: no. Please stay as long a possible, and watch many ads while you’re at it.
Scrolling social media feeds is a lazy activity that sparks creative thought: not sure.
Scrolling social media feeds makes you more productive: what?? Please show me that this is the consensus of a bunch of proper studies. And didn’t we just say that productivity should not be the end goal?
I read this via a LinkedIn editorial which was conveniently paraphrasing:
Not every moment we're home needs to be spent working. In fact, they encourage "cyberloafing," or a mindless scroll through the internet or social feeds, as research shows we often come back “more productive and focused” after such an activity.
Of course that’s a nice quote for LinkedIn. And it’s not all good or bad. But I do believe that scrolling LinkedIn between every “big task at work” will harm your focus & peace of mind more than it will help you.
Update (2/15/2021):
The exact LinkedIn notification I got, and many others with me:
“Feeling guilty about social media scrolling? Here’s why it might not be so mindless after all”
Way to twist the conclusion of an OK article. I get the feeling that if you’d look up the original research; it will contain important nuancing that LinkedIn gladly skips.
Not sure if I like this.
Not every waking hour should revolve around work & “productivity”: yes.
Remote working is making this harder: yes.
Laziness can spark creative thought: yes.
Laziness isn’t bad: mostly not.
Scrolling social media feeds constitute good breaks: they could.
Social media feeds are designed to constitute good breaks: no. Please stay as long a possible, and watch many ads while you’re at it.
Scrolling social media feeds is a lazy activity that sparks creative thought: not sure.
Scrolling social media feeds makes you more productive: what?? Please show me that this is the consensus of a bunch of proper studies. And didn’t we just say that productivity should not be the end goal?
I read this via a LinkedIn editorial which was conveniently paraphrasing:
Of course that’s a nice quote for LinkedIn. And it’s not all good or bad. But I do believe that scrolling LinkedIn between every “big task at work” will harm your focus & peace of mind more than it will help you.
The exact LinkedIn notification I got, and many others with me:
Way to twist the conclusion of an OK article. I get the feeling that if you’d look up the original research; it will contain important nuancing that LinkedIn gladly skips.