Mathematical research (as far as I know) requires significant amounts of ‘time off’ just pondering and meditating on ideas as much as it requires time sitting a

Mathematical research (as far as I know) requires significant amounts of ‘time off’ just pondering and meditating on ideas as much as it requires time sitting at a desk concentrating on a paper or working through things on paper. A lot of people have said their best work was done whilst standing waiting for a bus, in the shower, walking in the woods …and so on.