Why You Don't Want to Do Anything — Even When You Finally Have the Time

The Purpose Show

Allie Casazza

Self-improvement, Education

4.6 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever finally had time to yourself only to feel unmotivated, resistant, or completely blank?

In this episode of The Purpose Show, Allie Casazza explains why not wanting to do anything when you finally have time is not laziness, burnout, or a character flaw. It's often a nervous system transition state after long periods of pressure, responsibility, and constant output.

You'll learn what's actually happening in your body and brain during these moments and why forcing productivity or motivation usually backfires.

In this episode, we cover:

Why rest doesn't always feel restful at first
What happens when your nervous system shifts out of long-term "go mode"
Why motivation disappears when pressure lifts
What to do instead of forcing productivity
How your environment and visual input affect energy and desire
Why decluttering and reducing input restores capacity faster than trying harder

This episode offers practical, gentle actions you can take in the moment to help your nervous system settle so energy and desire can return naturally.

If you've ever thought, "I finally have time… why can't I use it?", this episode will help you understand what's really going on and how to move forward without pressure or self-blame.

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0:00.0	Hello, my love. Welcome to the Purpose Show podcast. There is a really specific moment that I want to talk to you about today. It is when you finally have time. You have carved out a little bit of time for yourself.
0:21.6	The house is quiet, the kids are settled, or maybe they're away from you.
0:26.6	Work isn't on fire for once.
0:29.6	Nothing urgent is pulling at you.
0:31.6	You finally get this time.
0:34.6	And instead of feeling motivated or excited, you don't want to do anything.
0:41.6	Not the things you've been wanting to do, not the things you enjoy doing, not even the things
0:47.2	that would actually help you like feel better, feel lighter when, you know, the kids come
0:51.7	back and everything goes back to how it normally is you just
0:55.7	kind of sit there and if you're like me then the thoughts start like oh what is wrong with me
1:06.0	I finally have the time why am I not using it the way that I thought I would or the way that I planned on?
1:11.6	Why do I feel so flat? Why do I feel resistance to like doing literally anything right now?
1:18.5	This is what I want you to know. This is so normal. Like this comes up in my DMs. It comes up
1:23.8	in the collective. It comes up with my private clients. Like I've experienced this many times.
1:29.2	Here's what we're going to get into it. Okay. Here's what you need to understand.
1:33.9	This moment has nothing to do with laziness. And it's actually usually not about being burnt out either.
1:40.7	It's something else. What's actually happening is that your system has been in like go mode
1:48.3	for a very long time. Not like an excited go mode, busy. Like I'm just so excited about my life and I've
1:56.0	got so much to do and I love it. Go mode. It's not like I'm so inspired go mode. This is the type of go mode that is like
2:04.6	just comes from constant managing of your life being the one that holds everything together,
2:11.7	responding to children, people demands things on your phone, um, work, staying on top of everything, being needed
2:21.4	almost all the time. And then when you finally get space and you're not in that go mode for a second,
	...

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