Take a break from doing nothing. (How to stop NOT doing the things you feel like you should and maybe actually get one thing done that matters.)

First a quick note on the title: When I am in full depressed mode, I feel like I waste all my energy TRYING to do stuff all day but not accomplishing much.  So what I mean by ‘stop NOT doing the things you feel like you should’ is, maybe we can help ourselves by not beating ourselves up over all the things we think we should do but aren’t.  By taking a purposeful break and doing something we actually would LIKE to do (if only that desire wasn’t totally squelched by the idea of all those pressing ‘shoulds’) we might actually free up some motivation to get around to using on the to-do list.

How often do you sit around work busily all day but feel like you can’t really get anything done that matters?  This may help. Maybe. That’s the hope anyway.  =)