Self Why Wasting Time Isn’t Actually Wasting Time As our lives reach frantic levels, a new trend is taking shape. The simple art of wasting time is having a comeback - and it's proving to be revolutionary. By jitendermittal Published 11 July, 2025 Self Why Wasting Time Isn’t Actually Wasting Time As our lives reach frantic levels, a new trend is taking shape. The simple art of wasting time is having a comeback - and it's proving to be revolutionary. By jitendermittal Published 11 July, 2025 Previous article Ilhan Omar’s ‘Anti-Semitic’ Tweet Is A Reminder For Politicians Everywhere Next article If Orange Is The New Black, Wealth Is The New Wellness Albert Einstein did it. So did Carl Jung. Mary Oliver could not live without it. And physicist Professor Alan Lightman just wrote a book on it. What is it exactly? It’s the practice of doing precisely nothing.We’ve known for a while now that boredom is often the birthplace of creativity. It’s why parents are urged not to “over-schedule” kids and why Einstein used to go out on his boat a lot – a boat, by the way, that he couldn’t sail very well, and subsequently wound up lost in. But Einstein wasn’t interested in sailing so much as the meditative aspect of the waves, lapping against his boat, and the peaceful expanse of the sea. betteryou career Best Of Future Women Wellbeing It took an ADHD diagnosis and a breakdown to change my relationship with work By jitendermittal Gender diversity Soft Power By jitendermittal Gender diversity Cyber expert laments “lost generation” in online misogyny panel By jitendermittal Gender diversity Is this at the bottom of your To-Do list? By jitendermittal Wellbeing How being a ‘good girl’ is holding you back By jitendermittal Gender diversity The Confidence Gap By jitendermittal Wellbeing The curious connection between food and work By jitendermittal Gender diversity Wait, what? The new Thor is a woman? By jitendermittal Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
