Waste your time!

@Lore2009 (7378)
United States
July 31, 2012 7:56pm CST
I read somewhere that doing nothing is NOT a waste of time. When I read this I had a hard time because I grew up in this busy era where you always have to be doing something. I've been learning how to meditate these days and I thought, what if I threw out all my clocks in the house? I wondered how I can handle this! So, what about you? Are you comfortable just sitting still for a whole day, without feeling guilty of "doing nothing"? How do you view time? Do you think there's such a thing as "wasting" it?
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
11 Aug 12
I think there is a lot less relaxing in the world than there actually should be these days. I do feel guilty sometimes if there are things I want to get done but chose to put them off and rest. I try to do that from time to time for myself though. If not..burn out is inevitable eventually. I tend to take on quite a bit sometimes.
@Lore2009 (7378)
• United States
21 Aug 12
I think there is a lot less relaxing too.. and it seems like a lot of people feel guilty if they do it! Including me. I hope we can find peace in the moment even if it feels like nothing.
@Paper_Doll (2373)
• Philippines
1 Aug 12
Whenever it is raining or I am not feeling well, I do not usually do the laundry which I schedule every Saturdays. I would just stay on bed until almost noon and would start my day from there. I would cook and would go back to our room and would stay there the rest of the day. While I was lying, I know that I needed some rest for working the whole week, but I still feel guilty for just lying in there. I always feel that there is something that I have to do instead of just lying in there, and it is not just washing our clothes. I feel that there is something more important than that so I really feel that I am wasting my time for resting.
@Lore2009 (7378)
• United States
21 Aug 12
I know what you mean! I always feel like I'm wasting my time.. but I don't know... sometimes a good rest is a good thing for your body!
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
28 Aug 12
I couldn't sit all day long. And I don't know if that statement that you read meant that doing nothing at all is fine. It might mean that the person who wrote it could and would be happy not ding too many things in a day, like taking it easy. To do nothing means a lot of things. Like for example, watching TV, surfing on the computer, taking a walk. Those are all things that mean not doing nothing. But to sit in a chair and do nothing at all except breathe, well thats another story. I don't know anyone who could do that.