Comments on: Between work and leisure – Escaping The Grey Zone

By: Juan Pablo

Juan Pablo — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:27:17 +0000

Agree with you… “The Peaceful Warrior” is an excellent movie starred by Nick Nolte and show the possibility that all the humans have to be right here in the present and not in the past (that is gone away) or in the future (that don’t exist).

Regards.

By: Edmund

Edmund — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:26:15 +0000

When I read the second paragraph, I am surprised that it is really ‘me’, spending my time in grey zone without knowing that it is really useless. I often bring books to anywhere else and think that I’m gonna read it, that they will be useful. But, I never read them, though. Such a wasting time, isn’t it?

By: Escapa de la zona gris | Vida Sencilla

Escapa de la zona gris | Vida Sencilla — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:32:43 +0000

[...] caer en la zona gris mientras se decide qué hacer. Este artículo es una traducción adaptada de Between work and leisure – Escaping The Grey Zone, por Warren [...]

By: essential oil

essential oil — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:08:32 +0000

i agree you gotta rest if you want to be 100%

By: Warren Davies

Warren Davies — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:34:31 +0000

Mohinder – yes that was my first impression!

Sue – Good for you. The grey zone is quite alluring though, because it contains the illusion of productivity. But yeah me too, I’d rather relax completely and be better rested for the next day.

By: Sue Lemieux

Sue Lemieux — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:06:55 +0000

work life balance is really important. I would rather take more rest time as compare to most of my colleagues love to sacrifice their precious leisure time by doing over time. .-= Sue Lemieux´s last blog ..Satellite TV Trends – Watch Digital TV on your PC =-.

By: mohinder

mohinder — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:24:23 +0000

“The Peaceful Warrior” is quite the appalling cliche, as perpetuated by the self-help industry. Worth watching just to realise such nonsense.

By: Warren Davies

Warren Davies — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:45:27 +0000

Cheers. I’ll check that film out. Just saw the trailer and it looks interesting although I’m not sure about the whole “you can do anything you believe in” side of things that many films seem to be about these days.

By: Social Media Consultant

Social Media Consultant — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:47:43 +0000

Good thoughts Warren, I’m now following on Twitter. A great movie on this topic is called “The Peaceful Warrior”.

Maybe not spot-on with what you discuss but it does teach the habit of being in the moment you are in fully – with 100% of your mind.
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By: Merc

Merc — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:20:36 +0000

i never thought i stay so much in my grey zone..Help!!

By: Mary Hunter

Mary Hunter — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:01:00 +0000

“This doesn’t mean “Work on essay.” ‘Work on essay’ is not something to do, it’s a very vague notion”

Your planning paragraph is excellent and makes some really helpful points. Too often when planning, setting goals or, well, doing anything, we use vague notions and subjective adjectives rather than actually defining the behaviors we want to see.

When we are not precise when defining exactly what behavior we want, it becomes much harder to measure if the goal was actually accomplished.

Rather than a vague “work on homework”, I always try and decide how much I plan to do in a certain day or afternoon. I also find it helps to have something optional or fun to work towards. For instance, I have something fun I’m planning to do Monday morning. (no classes on Monday this semester!) This is good motivation to get my work done today and tomorrow. Otherwise, I’ll have to read Monday morning, rather than do my fun activity.

By the way, time boxing and planning are both labeled 2).

Mary
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