Do you think its a waste of time to sit down and do nothing?

I agree that it depends on your purpose, and on yourself and your values. I, personally, take some minutes off, sit down, close my eyes and do nothing because it's my way of de-stressing. I don't find it as a waste of time because it helps me regain energy and makes me think more clearly; hence, I become more productive for the next tasks. In spite of our fast-paced world, I feel that any form of idle time to satisfy our need for rest should not be thought of as time wasters. We tend to think that every second of our life should be spent on working for our futures. We forget that if we don't take care of our bodies, we won't be functioning well in the first place.

yup very much! doing nothing is the no most tiring job =[

well, it is just like relaxing and finding a time to rest when you sit on a chair. but, if the environment is really boring, and you are still at on your chair, sitting, it is the time that it's called wasting of time. we could do a lot of things like doing household chores, looking for money and any other unfinished work :)

yeh if sit or do nothing i have a feeling that it is waste of time and something is missing in life.sometimes i have a feeling we r doing nothing and it lead to depression though it vanishes but such feeling cannot be avoided.so i maximum engage myself.

I would say that there are times that we all need to sit down and do nothing.Because we are busy in most of our times .We don't have too much time to sit and relax.Nor do we have times to think of life,the relationship to ourselves and relationship with other people around us.Of course,if prople tends to sit and do nothing all the times are surely a waste of times .But a moment of silence and times for solitude is important for everybody.Especially for those whose workaholic needs more time like this.Have a good day.

I don't think it is a waste of time by doing that. It is a kind of relaxing and it is a good time to talk to yourself and listen to yourself. Maybe you will suddenly find soomething you have lost for time.

That is what is called as meditation :). I actually think that it is not a waste to sit down and do nothing. I think that reduces a lot of stress and also removes a lot of negativity from us. I actually spend some time alone, either sitting down and doing nothing or just lying down without sleeping or just walking alone for at least 20-30 minutes each day. That usually refreshes me. Cheers! Ram

I have to say every now and again I will have a couple of hours just realxing and watching tv. I can only do this every now and again as I find it frustrating if I get to the end of the day and haven't achieved much. Today I have had a real sunday, watched a movie in the morning ate a leisurely lunch and then cleaned. I haven't done any work in the garden but at least I got the cleaning done!

Many times i had done like this...But yes this is totally waste of time and should not do this...whenever we had a time we should do something...never sit and waste time..

yes because while you were doing nothing, world records have been set, a peace treaty has been signed and you are doing nothing to help yourself. You're just sitting there. I for one am not the type of person who likes sitting through nothing. I always have a purpose and everybody should too. It will make all that we do meaningful. I rather run in a marathon that sit for absolutely no reason and do nothing.

Usually on weekdays I dont have time to sit idol. but on sundays i will sit for sometime say a hour. on that time just relax myself. partly yes and partly no for waste of time. It depends.

Hi careguarden. Whether sitting down and doing nothing for a couple of hours is a waste of time depends greatly on its purpose. Same with staying at home and doing nothing. Are you doing nothing because you're sick? visualizing? relaxing? thinking? planning? In this case, nothing is wasted. You may not be doing actual physical activities but you may be doing some important mental processes.

Sitting down for a couple of hours in a day is a way of relaxation. It's actually advisable to have time to rest for a while. Resting is not a waste of time. However, sitting for a long, long time and doing nothing is really a waste of time. Your day will never be productive if you just sit, as if you're waiting for nothing.

Never I do think it's a waste of time to do nothing since you could be at least doing research on the internet reading a book playing video games or watching tv or movies which is usally what I do. Even though a lot of people will think that's doing nothing but I don't.

No I don't think so that doing nothing is a waste of time. It is also very important to vacate our minds from any worries, troubles and other life's concern, I think it is not very healthy to keep ourselves busy all the time and to preoccupy our minds from many plans and thoughts because our body might give in with too much stress and tension, so for me, it is very okay to just sit in one corner and relax and do nothing to have enough rest. Most of the time I practice this habit of just sitting down in a chair and pondered hard on my fate and reflect and contemplate then I took a deep breath, this is my one way of relaxing my mind and body from everyday clutters of life, after then, I am very okay and in excellent condition to resume my work and other activities. By sitting down and doing nothing you can feel some peace of mind, tranquility from deep with in and the stillness of life.

I don't know how it is.I always do something at home:)

Whenever I got an opportunity, I do. Because we are not machines. We need rests. Some scientists says that rest plus hard work will make a big success. Yes it is true. If you are doing something regularly than your working capability will go down. Wasting time and resting time are different. All are my views don't take it seriously. If you think it is wasting of time than don't waste it.

Wow, that is a good question. I do that everyday actually. After work, I would do nothing just hanging around, lying down on the sofa until I fall asleep. To me, if you really don't have anything else to do, it's not a waste of time if you just stay at home and do nothing. It's like you're cleaning your mind and will feel revived.

In a sluggish point of view is no, it is their habit.. But to a person that thinks for his future then he will never miss something in every tick of the clock. Why not invest your time.................... We know and advised that we should redeemed the time, the end is near, why waste but invest.

I try to keep myself occupied because I do believe it is waste of time to sit down and do nothing however sometimes its nice to take a break from doing stuff and have free time for a little.