It's not wrong to do nothing sometimes. And if it helps look at it like the “nothing” is accomplishing a task. How often do you do nothing? Sometimes you need to do nothing to rest. Resting is a job too.
Add to that, I have no desire to be promoted, and since I already labored for that system I made, I should leave the research papers to my co-researchers. They are the ones who needed the promotion anyway.
I'm excited to write, yet lazy to pick up the pen.
And requests are just piling up. ??