sometimes doing nothing can also be the most productive you can be.
111 sats \ 3 comments \ @speakingyourtruth 20 Apr BooksAndArticles
it's saturday, and today i have focused on doing, nothing.
well, nothing adulting "productive" at least by my standards.
it's just me inside my apartment with no big plans or intentions, just sitting around and taking the day in as it goes.
i got some breakfast things at 7/11, talked to my boyfriend on facetime, scrolled social media dreaming of coachella and all my favorite bookstores back at home, talked to my sister on facetime, talked to my best friends on facetime, and watched a movie with my boyfriend. didn't get the best sleep last night so took a an hour to nap, and that has led me to do some writing here.
the plan now is to do an evening gym session, get some fresh air, make some dinner, reading and nightly journaling. if i end up getting around to any of those things, that it.
sometimes, you just have to embrace the lazier days and allow yourself to just go with the flow. it feels good where nothing is really set in stone, and you're just there kind of existing.
one thing i learned is don't feel guily or bad if these types of days come to you.
embrace them, and let them happen.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 20 Apr
I wrote a whole couple of books on how to do nothing well. They are books on meditation, and explanation of how and why "nothing" is something...
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwearyDoctor 20 Apr
I love "nothing" days. Which, of course, istn't "nothing", not at all. Doing nothing, strictly speaking, is impossible at any rate. It's just not genuflecting at the cult of "being productive" (as a measure of a person), where "being productive" is defined as "doing work for others" or its preparation...
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DrewStern 20 Apr
Happy to see this post, and I have to agree with the sentiment. I've been working on a software project for the past few weeks/months that had left me feeling a bit burnt out. Took a two week break from it and felt bad about it the entire time. Getting started on it again today made me realize that I just really needed the break, whether it made me feel bad or not.
Fiat itself is what imposes the seeming time-scarcity of our society. There's no rush once you've adopted a usury-free, interest-free currency as your standard. Under the Bitcoin model of the world, the right things always happen at the right times, and could not have happened sooner.
Enjoy your time on Earth. It's YOUR time, don't be rushed for anyone or anything.
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