On... Doing Something
Just because you're 'doing nothing ', doesn't mean you're not doing something. In my previous job as a geophysicist, I do spend quite some time thinking and reading, instead of tapping the keyboard all day long. Reading and thinking is actually a very important part of the job. Although when you're thinking and reading, it actually looks like you're not working. Contrast that to jobs that require physical activity like a waiter, labourer, etc., you can actually tell when someone is working or not. In the realm of investing/trading, most of the time you seem like you're not working. Except for day trading, the other forms of trading and investing don't really require a lot of time clicking on the buy and sell buttons. Clicking buy and sell probably makes up only 10% of the activity. The other 90% of the time would be spent on reading, looking at charts, listening to podcasts, thinking, etc... Activities that doesn't show youre actually working o...