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Idleness is a state of non-doing or inactivity. It can be contrasted with busyness, which is a state of doing or activity. There may be a need for balance between idleness and busyness. Just as busyness or doing can have consequences, so can idleness or non-doing. Idleness in a machine can result in rust. Idleness in an animal can have psychological or physiological consequences, such as boredom or health problems. In some times and places idleness in a person is equated with laziness or sloth and judged as a vice. In other contexts it can be judged less harshly, and seen as having virtues. Idleness can be restorative and allow recovery from busyness, and it can be expansive and allow the emergence of creativity and new ideas.