The Importance Of Doing Nothing


There I was the other day...telling people how just starting cures procrastination...

Guess what happens?

I've just started!

Except that this entry won't be about curing procrastination (that would be cheating!).

Nope...this entry is about nothing much, really.

Well...it's more about the IMPORTANCE of DOING nothing much every now and again.

It's something that I am rather proud of, in a way!

Why?

Well...part of the way I work is based around the fact that I don't want to HAVE to work ALL of the time.

You see...I did that for 15 years...usually at the expense of the people who mattered most to me.

Not only that...I now KNOW how important it is to just STOP occasionally...and just let your mind do what it is made to do...

Think for itself.

We constantly throw in so much information into our heads that it's little wonder that we easily get overwhelmed.

And...I've noticed that, if I actually give myself time to THINK...as opposed to 'DO'...then I tap into the vast storehouse of knowledge and experience that I have consumed over the years...and am able to come up with new ideas almost at will.

Of course...it's not 'accepted' in today's society to actually VALUE time spent 'wasted' (as other people on the treadmill of life call it).

But...I can tell you from personal experience that deciding to devote time to doing NOTHING is probably one of the best decisions that I have ever made.

Except that, of course, I still have to 'struggle' with that little voice inside my head telling me that I should be working (like everyone else).

Good job that I'm getting used to ignoring him now!

And so should YOU!