Beautifully said. I think about this a lot, how uncomfortable we’ve become with stillness, and how much we’ve been conditioned to fill every quiet moment. This piece is such a powerful reminder that doing nothing isn’t laziness, it’s a return to ourselves. Thank you for this. I’ll be rereading it.✨
Nothing quite so delightful as laying in the grass, arms folded behind my head, just watching the clouds shapeshift their way across the sky for hours. I've been known to pass an inordinate amount of time hiding in fields cloud watching. :)
It’s been a little over one year of a morning routine that holds quiet, meditation, writing. Before last April it would happen (not daily) often enough that it helped. Since making it a sacred morning ritual never missed I have noticed so much more presence. It’s subtle but impacting my life in many ways.
I’ve begun to walk at the local college track. It’s been a short time but already I miss it if I don’t walk. Today I talked to the Almighty asking questions and guidance. Now I need to be open to receive the answers I may get.
I used to do nothing all the time cause I waa depressed. I'm doing better these days but now feel pressure to make up for all that wasted time. I just want to relax.
Beautifully said. I think about this a lot, how uncomfortable we’ve become with stillness, and how much we’ve been conditioned to fill every quiet moment. This piece is such a powerful reminder that doing nothing isn’t laziness, it’s a return to ourselves. Thank you for this. I’ll be rereading it.✨
Thanks for saying so!
Nothing quite so delightful as laying in the grass, arms folded behind my head, just watching the clouds shapeshift their way across the sky for hours. I've been known to pass an inordinate amount of time hiding in fields cloud watching. :)
Same!
It’s been a little over one year of a morning routine that holds quiet, meditation, writing. Before last April it would happen (not daily) often enough that it helped. Since making it a sacred morning ritual never missed I have noticed so much more presence. It’s subtle but impacting my life in many ways.
I’ve begun to walk at the local college track. It’s been a short time but already I miss it if I don’t walk. Today I talked to the Almighty asking questions and guidance. Now I need to be open to receive the answers I may get.
I feel more in the nothing.
Me too.
having ADHD it can be hard to do nothing, but I've learned it's exactly what my brain needs to keep going ❤️
nothing is what we need more than anything!
Doing nothing is not wasting time’
Nice article Scott
My late afternoon walks in nature are a significant part of my day
thank you!
Love this! I’ve been professionally doing nothing across multiple time zones. It’s not lazy if it involves a passport.
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I used to do nothing all the time cause I waa depressed. I'm doing better these days but now feel pressure to make up for all that wasted time. I just want to relax.
Awesome. i'm going to do it this weekend. 1 full hour doing nothing...intentionally.
Thank you for the reminder. This one hit the spot.
Really like your Notes and now, a post! Subscribed
Thanks - I'm glad you're here. ❤️
This right here!
oh goodness. Love this.
thank you!
The colors on the mountainside remind me of the Painted Desert in Arizona.
beautiful area
We are doing too much.
We simply aren't wired for it. It's why so many of us are on anxiety medicine. And the kids...
Aren’t wired for what?
For doing "too much". Constant activity, non-stop doing.
So true. Schedule stillness meetings with yourself, every day.
Most people don't know what an immense difference this can make in their lives. Even just 20 minutes of scheduled stillness per day.
Absolutely.
Is scheduled better than spontaneous?
Not sure it matters. Just as long as it happens. If you must schedule it in order for it to happen, schedule it. Whatever it takes.
As an artist I am intimately familiar with “doing nothing” it is a great source of my creativity.
Thank you for the inspiration.
I call it tapping into "Infinite Intelligence"