> It's like a cognitive defect, a disability except you're unable to not-do.
He specifically trained himself to have leisure anxiety and advises other people to do this as well:
>> The most basic level of which is simply to feel you should be working without anyone telling you to. Now, when I'm not working hard, alarm bells go off.
It's certainly effective, but as you say, effective to what end?
I tend to agree, but I guess it depends on what you're replacing with work, and how you feel about the work. If you're replacing idle TV watching with a form of work you enjoy, great. If it's replacing time you might be watching specific shows with your partner/kids and with get-head-of-the-pack projects that stress you out, the trade-off will be far from universal.
But as usual, he's writing for a very specific group of people - young people with a strong urge to do late nights building something.
He specifically trained himself to have leisure anxiety and advises other people to do this as well:
>> The most basic level of which is simply to feel you should be working without anyone telling you to. Now, when I'm not working hard, alarm bells go off.
It's certainly effective, but as you say, effective to what end?