Urgent: Do Nothing
“In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business.”
Stephen Hanselman • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
mindless. The joy of non-doing is that nothing else needs to happen for this moment to be complete. The wisdom in it and the equanimity that comes out of it lie in knowing that something else surely will.
Jon Kabat-Zinn • Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Don’t miss the opportunities you have to sit down, without having to worry or think about doing anything. Lay down your burdens, your worries, and your projects. Just sit and feel that you are alive. Sit with your son, your daughter, your partner, your friend. That’s enough to be happy.
Thich Nhat Hanh • At Home In The World: Stories and Essential Teachings From A Monk's Life
On Doing Nothing
The text advocates for the value of idleness and leisure, arguing that doing nothing can be spiritually enriching and beneficial for mental health, contrasting it with the harms of constant activity and productivity.
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