@ZEPHYRA “Do you spend hours lost in deep thinking without achieving much some days.”
I wonder what “without achieving much” is supposed to mean here. I philosophize for a living (well, they pay me for the teaching, but they employ me for the philosophizing), so it always counts as “achieving something” professionally when I do it. But even if I were a plumber, I still think I would be “achieving something” by philosophizing.
“Then you may feel guilty for having wasted so much valuable time on just philosophizing.”
This assumes that philosophizing isn’t itself valuable, or at least not valuable enough to be worth the time it takes. I would disagree. Not everyone has to do it professionally, of course, or even at an advanced level. But working through one’s thoughts, challenging one’s own beliefs and the reasons for them, and just more generally becoming more accustomed to thinking is important and valuable in its own right. It makes it more likely that you are thinking for yourself, rather than letting others do your thinking for you. In a world where everyone wants to mold you in their image, it makes you more fully and independently yourself.