Sunday, May 06, 2007

Refining the art of doing nothing!!!

Do you work long hours? Do you have so much to do that you never find the time to do it all? Are you convinced you are doing too many things at the same time? If you are telling yourself you need a break and you wish that you could just do nothing, well, be CAREFUL what you wish for because it might just come true.
Contrary to popular opinion, doing nothing, is NOT an easy job. It takes a lot of effort and time and risks being painstaking. Its an art. All you are allowed to do is nothing. Even the occasional activities to get away from nothingness become less alluring. Its a state of existence that leaves you alone with yourself, your thoughts and your deepest darkest desires. So it is full of surprises too ( provided you are slightly more interesting than the average television show). It is the perfect platform to start with obsessive compulsive disorders, impulsive tendencies and really bad eating habits. Coupled with sleeping too much or too little, you are all set for becoming the curiously wise character on the sit com of your choice. Try spending a Sunday without ever stepping out of the house or talking to anyone with not more than 2 sentences, no texting or telephoning either and to still be humane, you of course have internet and can rejoice in reading random blogs!!!
Its bizarre how even your favorite author cannot make you read, how easy it is to think that staring at the ceiling, stretched out on your back can some how kill time faster!!!
To resist this dark side teeming with regression something that an easily amused friend of mine said....look at the sun, the moon and the stars and tell yourselves that your friends are looking at the same thing....
Statutory warning: Doing nothing can be extremely dangerous to physical and mental health, to be consumed in moderation.

2 comments:

SR said...

hi there, you've been tagged! so take a break from doing nothing and answer the questionnaire here: http://shrutified.blogspot.com/2007/05/
collective-omphaloskepsis.html

Thivas said...

nothinganatrism disorder... it reminds of me....