I’ve been keeping under the radar lately, nursing sinuses, body aches, and job pressures. I’ve been entertaining starting my own copywriting and editing business, wondering what to get two grandkids for their birthdays who have everything (a donation to a kid’s charity seems likely), and just mentally blowing out.
So yesterday I took the day off from work and did nothing.
Yep — nothing.
Now many of you know the guilt that creeps up whenever we are home for a whole day and night and don’t do something — dishes, vacuum, even writing. I have a few more new artists to research, my first book I HAVE to finish editing, and nothing new on the writing horizon, as I am shopping around for ideas.
Well, yesterday was the first day in a long time where I didn’t feel guilty about sleeping in, napping, watching TV, and sleeping some more. (That messed up my night’s rest, but that’s another story.)
Why do we feel guilty when we do something for ourselves that involves nothing?
It’s like every moment counts and you shouldn’t let your life pass you by without attempting to do something positive every day.
Alas, most of us believe that taking care of ourselves by not thinking or performing is not positive.
When the world was silent around me, and I hung up my guilt in the closet, my mind became silent as well. I didn’t angst over news stories or bombings or nut cases or deadlines. I didn’t feel overwhelmed about anything.
It shouldn’t take a sinus headache from hell to make me take a day off and just take care of ME. I really liked doing nothing. Feeling nothing. Thinking about nothing. If only for the day.
Do you find yourself pushing yourself to the limit all the time? Or do you take a day now and then to just do nothing?
You owe it to yourself to take a break from yourself.
Humoring the Goddess 
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Great 😊😉
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Good! Once you there you will never let go 😀 One of my best friends taught me actually after spending an entire weekend together in pjs, watching Simpsons and eating chocolate she said: If you love doing it, then do it, and there is nothing wrong about it!
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You are such a gem! Thank you!
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I think I’m finally there, my friend! Sometimes I’m sad I didn’t discover this mindset years ago…haha…
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I love to do nothing. But I also had to learn it. Never feel guilty about it, especially if you enjoy it!
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Thank you, Chris
We are our own worst enemies… we counsel others to relax, take a break, yet overload not only our body, but our mind, our very soul…
We need to give ourselves time to “just be…”
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And we need to do that more and more. Just because. ❤
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I know! I hope to retire in December, but Ive been told many are busier in retirement than their former life! Thats when you need days to do nothing!
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Get well soon and don’t feel guilty for doing nothing !!We all need ‘doing nothing” days, many of us realise this when they get a burn-out or a mental break down….
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Sometimes this “doing nothing” rejuvenates our whole system with new energy.. I believe we should do it.
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This sounds like the perfect thing to do for ourselves. I´m retired and still feel I always have to be doing something.
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Well said. This doing nothing is nothing like doing nothing, is it? A paradox supreme as you rest and heal.
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Indeed. Even tho I still have a small sinus headache, my soul feels better!
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You’re welcome dear 😀
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Yes yes! And they aren’t alway in-your-face mad ones, either! They can cramp your body and soul and leave you empty. No one wants that. Thank you, my friend.
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