Ever had those days when you didn’t feel like doing anything? Chances are that it might be because you’ve been working way too much.

Yes, while talking to a friend of mine, Mattias, I came to know that when you don’t feel like doing anything, it might be nature’s way of de-toxifying you.

Here, take a look at our conversation yourself –

lordishot: Yay! It’s a sunday

mattias der knödel: That’s a yay?

lordishot: not really because I am working my ass off since morning. It’s a yay because I officially have a holiday from college…

mattias der knödel: You’re working on a sunday? I generally try to keep at least one weekend day sacred.

lordishot: I wish I had that luxury as of now

mattias der knödel: Hmm, I hope you know what you are doing. We actually have a medical term here in sweden called being Extinguished that is the end result of long-term, unmanaged stress.

mattias der knödel: It’s rather scary.

lordishot:

mattias der knödel: Basically, what happens is that the body protects your from further stress by removing your drive. Essentially, you stop feeling like doing anything.

lordishot: jeeeeeeeeze! are you trying to scare me

mattias der knödel: It’s quite common here, but strangely, the concept seems not to exists outside scandinavia.

lordishot: I am hearing it for the first time from you

lordishot: :p

lordishot: actually

mattias der knödel: Anyway, don’t sweat it too much, just remember that handling stress is not an option.

lordishot: I think I’ve experienced it a LOT of times

lordishot: in fact, until yesterday

lordishot: I was feeling something like this

mattias der knödel: Yeah, that’s the thing. I have experienced that myself a few times. Except extingishment is not temporary.

mattias der knödel: So when you feel like that, it’s a warning sign.

lordishot: wanna hear something really ironic?

mattias der knödel: sure

lordishot: I am right now working to build my “hobby” fitness blog

lordishot: :p

mattias der knödel: hehehehe

mattias der knödel: That’s ironic for ya!

mattias der knödel: My tip is, move non-work activities to saturday, you know, cleaning, painting, reorganizaing, throwin away garbage, meeting with friends, so that one day is as free from stress-inducing activities as possible. That gives the body some space to recover.

mattias der knödel: Anyhow, now I’m off to work.

Nature sure has its way of Getting Things Done.