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Er, what? This article seems to be starting from a weird premise. Even the very first sentence, "It is a rare person who can do nothing- purely and without gu
by barrucadu 4y ago
Er, what? This article seems to be starting from a weird premise. Even the very first sentence, "It is a rare person who can do nothing- purely and without guilt- especially in our current culture of busywork." I can't relate to. Is it really so uncommon for someone to just do nothing... or does the author just surround themselves with such people?
Also, this:
> I suspect this is why from China and Japan to here in the UK, slow and elaborate practises have formed over centuries around the proper way to drink tea. Rituals that the takeaway cup and drink-at-the-desk culture have been unable to entirely erase.
Is comparing apples to oranges. You could easily flip the drinks, and make a point about how the ritual of brewing coffee, taking a cup out to your garden, and drinking it in the sun, is more relaxing than the UK office culture of making (and offering to make) cups of tea which are then consumed at your desk.
- davzie 4y agoYou sound awfully offended at not agreeing with someone on the internet. I assume you must be in your early twenties because to be able to sustain such an attitude would likely lead to an extraordinarily high blood pressure that could send you to an early grave. Have a bath and relax.
- barrucadu 4y agoThe internet must seem a very hostile place if you so easily misinterpret confusion as offense.
- ungamedplayer 4y agoTo be fair, the internet can be quite hostile.
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- sdwr 4y agoI've started to read all those sweeping statements as projection, the author sharing personal feelings in a way that's a little safer and more "professional".
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- ThinkBeat 4y agoIf you clear up 3 days next week. During those 3 days you are to do nothing. Could you do it? I will catch up on my reading. > Nope. I will get better at meditating > Nope I will try that new recipe and so if it's better than > Nope I will just clean the living room > Nope. Doing nothing is not the same as having free time that you fill with whatever suits you. Try just taking 12 hours and do nothing. No internet/tv/book/gym/running/texts/ No hanging with your mates and chatting Just do nothing. I think it is difficult. Quite difficult.
- im3w1l 4y agoI mean it depends on where you draw the line between something and nothing right? If you take it to the extreme, then the only way of doing nothing is to not even exist.
- xyzzy_plugh 4y agoI've been doing it most of my life! Oh, if only I didn't have ADHD I could understand you. Everything you listed is difficult. Quite difficult. Doing nothing is the default. Get out of bed > Nope. Eat food > Nope. Go outside > Nope. Interact with other humans > Nope.
- jamiek88 4y agoAs a fellow ADHD person I relate to this so hard. Today I literally did nothing for about three hours. I stared at a tree. Actually not even a tree. A particular leaf.