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Whereas I like the idea, isn’t being able to communicate with others the antithesis of „doing nothing“? We’re actually NOT doing nothing anymore, but doing some

Whereas I like the idea, isn’t being able to communicate with others the antithesis of „doing nothing“? We’re actually NOT doing nothing anymore, but doing something besides sitting and waiting?!

littlelady 3y ago
The idea is sweet, but I agree, by communicating you're no longer "doing nothing". Then again, mindfulness can also be cultivated by just focusing on one single task at a time.
- RHSman2 3y ago
  You aren’t ever doing nothing. That act of doing nothing is something.
- rpastuszak 3y ago
  One of the reasons I made the original/single player Sit. (sit.sonnet.io) was that I practice shi-ne, which involves "doing nothing" rather than focusing on a specific subject/thought/emotion. This is just a sketch so I might scale it down or split into different toys at some point, depending on how people interact with it. This thread is really valuable feedback for me, so thank you! I honestly didn't expect more than 5-10 people visiting:)
Cthulhu_ 3y ago
It puts me more in mind of the multiplayer aspect of Journey; you see other players, but you can't really do much with them other than follow them around and see where they're headed to e.g. find secrets. But you can talk to them using chirrups and controls like jumping and running around. I found it wholesome as fuck, and most others that have played it will have their own experiences running into a random stranger, or eventually having to say their goodbyes, or losing them, etc.
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  > wholesome as fuck I mean. Sure.
rpastuszak 3y ago
Author here, I 100% agree with you. That's why I also made Sit. (https://sonnet.io/posts/sit/ https://sonnet.io/posts/sit/) as a more extreme version of this concept. Sit. is just a timer with a black screen. I see doing nothing as a spectrum and this is doing less than say doomscrolling or messaging someone via social media. When I meditate, simply doing nothing is actually really hard! PS I eat my own dogfood: I use Sit. and Ensō (enso.sonnet.io) every single morning. I write my morning notes with Ensō and meditate with Sit. because I like how the timer works (and because I got used to it during testing:) )

littlelady 3y ago

The idea is sweet, but I agree, by communicating you're no longer "doing nothing". Then again, mindfulness can also be cultivated by just focusing on one single task at a time.

RHSman2 3y ago
You aren’t ever doing nothing. That act of doing nothing is something.
rpastuszak 3y ago
One of the reasons I made the original/single player Sit. (sit.sonnet.io) was that I practice shi-ne, which involves "doing nothing" rather than focusing on a specific subject/thought/emotion. This is just a sketch so I might scale it down or split into different toys at some point, depending on how people interact with it. This thread is really valuable feedback for me, so thank you! I honestly didn't expect more than 5-10 people visiting:)

Cthulhu_ 3y ago

It puts me more in mind of the multiplayer aspect of Journey; you see other players, but you can't really do much with them other than follow them around and see where they're headed to e.g. find secrets. But you can talk to them using chirrups and controls like jumping and running around. I found it wholesome as fuck, and most others that have played it will have their own experiences running into a random stranger, or eventually having to say their goodbyes, or losing them, etc.

robertlagrant 3y ago
> wholesome as fuck I mean. Sure.

rpastuszak 3y ago

Author here, I 100% agree with you. That's why I also made Sit. (https://sonnet.io/posts/sit/ https://sonnet.io/posts/sit/) as a more extreme version of this concept. Sit. is just a timer with a black screen. I see doing nothing as a spectrum and this is doing less than say doomscrolling or messaging someone via social media. When I meditate, simply doing nothing is actually really hard! PS I eat my own dogfood: I use Sit. and Ensō (enso.sonnet.io) every single morning. I write my morning notes with Ensō and meditate with Sit. because I like how the timer works (and because I got used to it during testing:) )