You know those days where you're just hanging out at home, planning on having a lazy day but at the same time not really wanting to feel like you haven't done anything at all when you go to bed at night? Sure, sometimes lying around all day can be great but at some point it can also get too much. Well, there's the possibility to combine laziness with productivity to have a productive lazy day. I personally really love those. I love feeling like I've accomplished something even if it's not a big task. Instead, on a productive lazy day, I like to focus on the simple things I don't always find time for, especially during the week. So for today's post I thought I'd share what being lazy yet productive as well exactly looks like to me.

1. Planning out stuff

I don't know about you, but being unorganised really stresses me out which is why I like to sit down and plan things out every now and then. Whether it's making a meal plan for the week, jotting down blogpost ideas and coming up with a schedule or thinking about time-management for upcoming things I'll have to get done, planning stuff makes me feel like I'm at least giving my day a bit of purpose because even though I'm not actually accomplishing any task, I'm kind of making myself an overview which is better than pushing thoughts on anything having to do with being productive away.    
2. Brainstorming 

I wish I had started using the brainstorming method to draft my posts way earlier because I realised what a helpful step it is to make the blogging process a lot easier and more organised. So brainstorming is something I like to do now when I don't feel like writing a post but still want to get some blogging work done. What I'll do is I'll just write down the topic of the post in the middle of my sheet and then make notes of all of my thoughts and things I want to mention in the post. I feel like even if you're not a blogger, brainstorming can be used for other aspects of life as well. 

3. Tidying my room

This might sound a bit weird to some people but I actually really like tidying my room. I've always been that person who enjoys decluttering, arranging and rearranging or clearing things out. To me, tidying my room is the perfect task to get done on a productive lazy day because it's something we tend to neglect for example during the week when we have so many other things going on. Also, there's something so satisfying about knowing that you'll wake up in a clean space, all ready for you to get some actual work done. 

4. Going for a walk

Walking is a great way to get your body moving without actually doing an intense workout. I'm totally guilty of not leaving the house all day sometimes which I'm not saying is always a bad thing but I often notice that I feel so much better when I at least spend half an hour to an hour outside. 

5. Reading

When is reading ever not a good idea? Yeah, that's right, the answer is never. Because reading is always a good idea. Even though getting cosy in bed or on the couch with a good book and maybe a cup of tea might sound like the perfect set up for a few lazy hours, when you really think about it, you're not being lazy while reading. Reading actually is being productive because it educates, it widens your horizon and it unconsciously improves your language skills.


Summarised into one sentence, I guess you can say that I like to use my productive lazy days to do things without feeling like I really did much if that makes any sense. 

What does your productive lazy day look like? Let me know in the comments below! 

I hope you all had a great start to the week and are doing well. Thank you so much for reading, I'll see you again next Tuesday. 

Sara x