I mentioned Arthur Brooks’ article on leisure in the Atlantic a while back, and prior to that, my nagging sense of guilt when doing “not work”:
I’ve long felt a nagging sense of guilt about doing non-work things, because there’s always work hanging out there. The benefit of many years of work experience includes seeing other people who you respect professionally struggle with the same things you do: too much to do, too little bandwidth, material restrictions, etc.
He retells his article on his podcast, Office Hours, and it’s a good listen.