Puttering
"Puttering time" is the gentle, unrushed art of occupying yourself with small, low-stress tasks without a rigid schedule or specific agenda. Whether you're making coffee, tidying a desk, or watering plants, this screen-free downtime rests your brain and boosts creativity.
Via: Jeff Bezos : "I like to putter in the morning. I like to read the newspaper. I like to have coffee. I like to have breakfast with my kids before they go to school. My puttering time is very important to me. That's why I set my first meeting at 10 o'clock"
"I like to do my high IQ meetings before lunch. Anything that's going to be really mentally challenging, that's a 10 o'clock meeting. Because by 5pm, I'm like, I can't think about that today. Let's try this again tomorrow at 10am"
"As a senior executive, what do you really get paid to do? You get paid to make a small number of high quality decisions. If I make three good decisions a day, that's enough. Warren Buffett says he's good if he makes three good decisions a year" https://x.com/WaldronLewis/status/2056669490574926224