Humans have a sleep/wake cycle, but we also seem to need (or at least, express a need for) a different kind of rest: a work/play cycle (work during the day and relax in the evening, work during weekdays and relax during weekends, take vacations every so often, that sort of thing). The notion of spontaneity here seems like a reasonably good model of the point of evenings, weekends, and vacations: doing things because they feel good, because they’re alive for you in the moment, rather than making and completing to-do lists. (Of course, some people won’t fit this model.)
Just like different people need different amounts of sleep, maybe the work/play balance also works differently for different people. I wonder whether “needs much more play than average people” is a good model for ADHD.
Just like different people need different amounts of sleep, maybe the work/play balance also works differently for different people. I wonder whether “needs much more play than average people” is a good model for ADHD.
On the model I mentioned, it would (in part) be a function of fit between explicit goals and implicit goals.