I need to learn to do nothing.
The hard part is that it becomes another thing to schedule or check off your to do list.
I have always equated being busy with being productive.
That’s certainly not true if you are getting the wrong things done.
I also equate doing nothing with being lazy.
Like anything else it is about balance.
There is a time for doing and a time for being. We are human beings not human doings.
When life is uncertain we want to keep moving.
Movement feels like progress, even comforting, but the progress may be in the wrong direction.
“When you find yourself in a hole. Stop digging.” – Denis Healey
That’s easier said than done.
Often doing something feels better than doing nothing, even if that something is making things worse.
Breathe. Be present. Calm.
If you just do the next right thing, even if that is nothing, it will get better.
