In this day and age, we’re supposed to always be available to everything and everyone- having our weekly work load, aswell as our home chores and other duties in the two days weekend clearly isn’t enough; it’s important to save time for ourselves and do nothing.
They also say that when we keep pushing ourselves and hurry everything we do is doing worst for our anxieties, as it tell our bodies we’re in a fight or flight mode; all the time. It can be exhausting, and is draining us.
I’ve always been the type of person that has to be doing something at all times; even multitasking all waking moment, otherwise I end up underwhelmed. Learning to do nothing and be bored is new to me.. Something I had inherited from my father was cleaning my house whenever i’d be bored- something, anything. Wether it was regular chores like brooming & moping to more un-usuals like doing a clean of my closet or rearrange spaces.
Even doing blogging stuff would give me some kind of productivity boost; planning posts, thinking of what to do next, starting reviews.. a made up rules that if you’re not at work, you need to be productive otherwise you’re a waste.
No matter what I do, I always end up with so much time on my hands.. don’t ask me how- as usually it’s the opposite for my peers, needing more time to finish everything they want to do. I’ve been telling myself for years that I should take up new hobbies or learn something new, like a language; and yet.. As I’m not sure of what to pick up; as another made up rule of mine is how I need to be fluent and good at right away, I end up adding nothing.
My usual chores takes only a few hours, and while I am a gamer, it does become boring after a while .. When i’m off, my friends are usually being busy; either working or parenting, so when my parents leave me for their weekend drive, I do feel lonely at times. But the truth is, our mind & bodies do need time to slow down. It’s not a waste, in contrary, we’re recharging our much needed batteries for the week ahead.
Despite knowing this, it’s still hard for me to slow down, I keep wanting to do something, anything, to cure my boredness. In this society where overworking and not sleeping is gratified, saying resting is for the weak, it’s a constant work in progress to go against it.
Do you struggle with this, too?
What is your “go-to” activity to relax, your definition of “doing nothing”?