Have you ever just done nothing...

johnjbruin

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So I decided to take one hour out of my day today to do just nothing. Simply nothing. I went to the park with my lunch, and sat on the grass after many years (last I remember was when I used to be a kid) and just ate my lunch. Finished lunch in 10 mins and just sat there, pondering about life, where I am headed, what has happened in the past couple of years, and sort of just got lost in thoughts of my own. Fed some crumbs of bread from sandwich to some squirrels. I felt like a kid for a few moments. And then I reached the conclusion that I should be grateful about all the things I have been blessed with. It was a very gratifying experience.

Not to mention that the weather was absolutely fantastic, clear blue skies after the rain from the past 2 days, bright sun, slight patches of pure white clouds... just absolutely beautiful. I dont think I have admired nature like this in a long long time.

So now I feel rejevunated, and I am back to my full time work and full time school hectic schedule.

I know a lot of you are just going post a :cookie: in response to this post, but that is not the point. The point is that if you feel stressed, worn out or whatever, just take some time out of your life, and enjoy the things you have been blessed with, may it be a good family, a good SO, a good paying job, good children... whatever!
 

yllus

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Nope. I get nervous when I'm doing nothing...I've wasted enough of my life already so I try to make the most of every second.
 

eigen

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Originally posted by: yllus
Nope. I get nervous when I'm doing nothing...I've wasted enough of my life already so I try to make the most of every second.

Doing nothing is not wasting your life it is necessary.
 
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Originally posted by: johnjbruin
So I decided to take one hour out of my day today to do just nothing. Simply nothing. I went to the park with my lunch, and sat on the grass after many years (last I remember was when I used to be a kid) and just ate my lunch. Finished lunch in 10 mins and just sat there, pondering about life, where I am headed, what has happened in the past couple of years, and sort of just got lost in thoughts of my own. Fed some crumbs of bread from sandwich to some squirrels. I felt like a kid for a few moments. And then I reached the conclusion that I should be grateful about all the things I have been blessed with. It was a very gratifying experience.

Not to mention that the weather was absolutely fantastic, clear blue skies after the rain from the past 2 days, bright sun, slight patches of pure white clouds... just absolutely beautiful. I dont think I have admired nature like this in a long long time.

So now I feel rejevunated, and I am back to my full time work and full time school hectic schedule.

I know a lot of you are just going post a :cookie: in response to this post, but that is not the point. The point is that if you feel stressed, worn out or whatever, just take some time out of your life, and enjoy the things you have been blessed with, may it be a good family, a good SO, a good paying job, good children... whatever!

That is what lunch is all about dude.
I do it but not often enough.
 

PanzerIV

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I enjoy doing exactly as you described once in awhile. It really is good for the soul.
 

johnjbruin

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Originally posted by: yllus
Nope. I get nervous when I'm doing nothing...I've wasted enough of my life already so I try to make the most of every second.

you'll burn yourself out with that attitude. try it one day and think about why you doing whatever you are doing. I think it will be helpful. To me it seems like you are running for something you are not even sure of. It might just be college degree but ever think about how that fits into your whole life that is ahead of you? Not saying that you have to waste your time, but just ponder about it for sometime.
 

ivol07

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Originally posted by: johnjbruin
So I decided to take one hour out of my day today to do just nothing. Simply nothing. I went to the park with my lunch, and sat on the grass after many years (last I remember was when I used to be a kid) and just ate my lunch. Finished lunch in 10 mins and just sat there, pondering about life, where I am headed, what has happened in the past couple of years, and sort of just got lost in thoughts of my own. Fed some crumbs of bread from sandwich to some squirrels. I felt like a kid for a few moments. And then I reached the conclusion that I should be grateful about all the things I have been blessed with. It was a very gratifying experience.

Not to mention that the weather was absolutely fantastic, clear blue skies after the rain from the past 2 days, bright sun, slight patches of pure white clouds... just absolutely beautiful. I dont think I have admired nature like this in a long long time.

So now I feel rejevunated, and I am back to my full time work and full time school hectic schedule.

I know a lot of you are just going post a :cookie: in response to this post, but that is not the point. The point is that if you feel stressed, worn out or whatever, just take some time out of your life, and enjoy the things you have been blessed with, may it be a good family, a good SO, a good paying job, good children... whatever!

Yup, I love it when I'm able to do that. You should also try to do things that were fun when you were a kid. For instance I hadn't ridden a bike in years. The one day I remembered how damn fun it was to ride one, so I went out and bought one. It was so great to ride a bike again. Now I ride all the time. And each time I do I have a big stupid smile on my face while I'm jumping off curbs like a retard. Aaahhh....so fun.
 

ActuaryTm

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Originally posted by: ShowdOWN
OFFICE SPACE just jumps right out when i read that title.
"Michael, I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be."

 

Martin

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Yeah, I do that once in a while. Its much, much better than posting on ATOT (a bigger nothing IMO).

I usually go down to the lake though..its only 20mins from my school. This summer I went up this mountain, about 1.2km above the city I was staying in. Amazing view of the city and its surroundings, warm sunshine, light wind. I stayed there for almost 3 hrs.
 

PanzerIV

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Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak
Yeah, I do that once in a while. Its much, much better than posting on ATOT (a bigger nothing IMO).

I usually go down to the lake though..its only 20mins from my school. This summer I went up this mountain, about 1.2km above the city I was staying in. Amazing view of the city and its surroundings, warm sunshine, light wind. I stayed there for almost 3 hrs.

:thumbsup:
 

tnitsuj

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I just got off 98 days of working 12-20 hour days with no days off in crappy conditions. I am now in day 7 0f doing absolutely nothing. I intend to do absolutely nothing for another 4 or 5 days.