Time To Play! Why You Need Recess At Work.

Being Playful Is A Fundamental Mindset That We Need to Bring Back to Work.

Miles Storey — https://unsplash.com/@miless

Time is a lot like freedom: we all want more but, the moment we have it, we don’t know what to do with it. Like long-time prisoners, our brains have been trained to live in confinement. Once we have the opportunity to get to the “outside” world, this territory we wished for, seems dangerously unfamiliar.

We live in a time where routine and unskilled tasks are being absorbed by robots or autonomous technology. A few days ago, we witnessed the first-ever self-driving truck beer delivery. More than ever, we have the priceless opportunity to repurpose “human labor” (and time) into something more meaningful. Instead of thinking how you can do more things in less time, ask yourself: “what really drives my work?”.

Back to the prison analogy, we’ve been educated to play within the confines of our own walls. Being “super-busy”, not only is socially accepted but also, appear to make people look smarter or superior. As I discussed in a previous piece, bus…