Mental Playtime

One of the many lessons
Life has to teach us
Is the art of using
Our time wisely.
None of us can claim
We are 100% efficient,
Or that we use our time
Being fully productively,
In fact, we are far from it.
We may try
Not to waste time,
But all to often,
We catch ourselves drifting off,
Loosing focus,
Disconnecting from
What we are doing.
Or just spinning our wheels
Lost in never-never land.
Most of us spend
Much more time
Then we care to admit
Simply daydreaming,
Our minds entertaining
Themselves and us
With wild imaginings
Seldom based on reality.
We may flip our computers on
And start playing solitaire
Instead of being productive,
Or we may be driving
And momentarily lose track
Of where we are
And what we are doing.
It happens to all of us.
While it is important
To pay attention to
What we are doing,
We must learn to accept
The need for a certain amount of
Mental playtime
In our daily routine.
The difficulty we frequently face
Is keeping our mental recreation
Within bounds
So that we actually accomplish
Something during our day.
Somewhere in life,
Most of us come up
With a balance of work and play
That allows us to get by
Without being too hard on ourselves
For the time we waste.