{"id":6166,"date":"2021-06-07T00:34:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T22:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/?p=6166"},"modified":"2025-03-10T00:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T23:11:13","slug":"downtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/de\/downtime","title":{"rendered":"Downtime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Text und Fotografie: Nadine Wilmanns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Appointments for Downtime<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This post is an extension of my last week`s post “Should-Do`s<\/a>“.<\/p>

As freelancers, we sometimes are tempted to work 24\/7. Yet, by doing that, we risk losing our joy for what we`re doing. As well as tasks and Should-Dos I need to schedule time each day to just do nothing productive at all. To give my head some downtime, to free my mind, and to keep energy flowing.<\/p>

If I don`t schedule that time in my planner I end up working overtime often which is counterproductive for all sorts of reasons.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Appointments for our downtime are just as important as appointments for our Should-Do`s. If not even more important. After all, no one will regret having not hoovered often enough when dying. But it`s more likely that we regret not having taken enough time for fun.<\/p>

The purpose of our calendar is to protect us from working too much and under stress. It`s there to free our minds. Not to make us work like a robot.<\/p>

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“We are human beings, not human doings.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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So, we need to schedule time for doing non-productive fun stuff and commit to that plan. If there is not enough time for this kind of downtime, then we may need to postpone something else – it`s not healthy to put downtime at the very end of our priority list. And in the future, we may need to say no to work that is threatening to take that space in our calendar.<\/p>

This is often hard being self-employed. But if I never say no and don`t schedule with a realistic view, I`ll end up giving up my downtime for all the other to-dos I`ve committed to. I`ll pay for that later with the stinging regret that I haven`t savored the lifetime that has been given to me. Plus, I risk losing my joy altogether and end up grumpy and stressed – and that`s not going to serve anyone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I guess everyone needs to find his or her own balance between work and downtime. I generally need the weekend off, at the very least Sunday (or any day for that matter). Plus a minimum of one hour a day to do nothing productive. And I don`t mean six 10-minute breaks adding up to one hour, but one complete hour at a stretch. What I do during this time mustn`t be performance-related all. That could be going out with friends, fun-reading, watching a movie, or hanging out. Basically, being utterly lazy.<\/p>

I still take photographs in my free time, too, as that`s just what I like to do after all. But that`s just for fun then and the pictures don`t need to face any judgment. They don`t have to fulfill any criteria except that it`s what I feel like doing at the moment.<\/p>

What do you enjoy doing without any pressure? And do you set aside time for downtime every day?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dieser Post ist eine Erg\u00e4nzung zu dem Post von letzter Woche: “Should-Do`s<\/a>“.<\/p>

Als Freiberufler sind wir manchmal versucht, rund um die Uhr und die ganze Woche zu arbeiten. Aber wenn wir das machen, kann es passieren. dass wir unsere Freude an dem was wir tun, verlieren. Genauso wie Aufgaben und Should-Do`s muss ich jeden Tag Zeit f\u00fcr`s Faulsein einplanen. Damit meine ich, was zu machen, was \u00fcberhaupt nicht produktiv ist. So kann ich meinem Gehirn eine Auszeit geben, den Kopf freibekommen und die Energielevels oben halten.\u00a0<\/p>

Wenn ich diese Zeit nicht als Termin in meinem Terminplaner einplane, dann werde ich dazu verleitet sein, \u00dcberstunden zu machen. Und das ist aus zehntausend Gr\u00fcnden kontraproduktiv.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Termine f\u00fcr`s Faulsein sind genauso wichtig wie die f\u00fcr unsere Should-Do`s. Wenn nicht sogar noch wichtiger. Schlie\u00dflich werden wir es nicht bereuen zu wenig Staub gesaugt zu haben, wenn wir sterben. Sondern wir werden es eher bereuen, uns nicht gen\u00fcgend Zeit zum Spa\u00dfhaben genommen zu haben.\u00a0<\/p>

Der Zweck unseres Terminplaners ist es, uns vor zu viel Arbeit und vor Stress zu sch\u00fctzen. Er soll uns dabei helfen, unseren Kopf frei zu bekommen. Und nicht, wie ein Roboter zu arbeiten.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Also m\u00fcssen wir Zeit einplanen f\u00fcr Dinge, die wir einfach nur zum Spa\u00df machen ohne produktiv sein zu m\u00fcssen. Und diese Zeit dann auch einhalten. Wenn nicht gen\u00fcgend Zeit daf\u00fcr da ist, dann m\u00fcssen wir was anderes verschieben. Oder in Zukunft nein sagen zu Arbeit, die uns diesen Platz im Kalender wegnimmt.\u00a0<\/p>

Das ist als Freiberufler oft schwierig, vor allem wenn es sich um einen guten\u00a0 oder wichtigen Job handelt. Aber wenn ich nie nein sage und immer versuche, allen gerecht zu werden, dann bezahle ich sp\u00e4ter damit, dass ich es bereue die Lebenszeit, die mir gegeben wurde, nicht wirklich ausgekostet zu haben.\u00a0 Und ich riskiere, dass ich meine Freude ganz verliere, dass ich schlecht gelaunt und gestresst bin – und davon hat ja wirklich keiner was.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ich vermute, dass jeder seine eigene Balance finden muss, zwischen Arbeit und Faulsein. Ich brauche das Wochenende frei, zumindest den Sonntag (oder eben einen Tag in der Woche). Und mindestens eine Stunde am Tag, um nichts Produktives zu machen. Damit meine ich nicht sechs 10-Minuten-Pausen, die eine Stunde ergeben, sondern eine Stunde am St\u00fcck. Was ich in dieser Zeit mache, darf nicht irgendwie leistungsbezogen sein. Das k\u00f6nnte zum Beispiel mit Freunden rausgehen sein, lesen zum Vergn\u00fcgen, Film schauen, rumh\u00e4ngen. Also im Grunde faul sein.<\/p>

Oder auch fotografieren, schlie\u00dflich mache ich das gern. Aber dann eben nur zum Spa\u00df, das hei\u00dft, die Bilder m\u00fcssen nicht einer Bewertung standhalten, auch nicht meiner eigenen. Sie m\u00fcssen nicht irgendwelche Kriterien erf\u00fcllen au\u00dfer, dass mir in dem Moment danach ist.<\/p>

Was machst du gerne ohne Druck? Und planst du dir jeden Tag Zeit ein, um faul zu sein?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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