I do see the appeal of this sort of in-the-moment mindfulness - especially for people who are burnt out or don't otherwise get the dedicated rest time they need

I do see the appeal of this sort of in-the-moment mindfulness - especially for people who are burnt out or don't otherwise get the dedicated rest time they need from the world. But this reads as awfully sad to me. I hope you're doing OK. I had a a pretty long period of time where I consigned myself to rubber-banding between relentless, meaningless, profitable, and phoned-in productivity vs total solipsism under the guise of "self-care". I told myself things like this comment back then. I thought if I could savor and find meaning in the little things, then I could learn to accept the fact that I had sacrificed most of my agency as a human being in the quest for career progress and the appearance of success. It was really, really not healthy in the long-run, and I don't ever want to be stuck in my head like that again. I'm fairly certain that I really am what I do and what I've done - and that's OK. I don't think I could tolerate existence otherwise. I still waste plenty of time (and recommend choosing to do so ), but I'm now more conscientious about whether the time I waste is manifesting into something physically observable at the very least. It's easier to keep the habit alive than it is to build it back once you've lost it.