Do you ever just do nothing?

I have relative who is always super busy. She frequently has several different things going on in a day. She’d arrange to meet me for lunch but always had to dash off to make a deadline for something else and Wouid be anxiously checking her watch to make sure she left in time for the next engagement.
Honestly I don’t think I Couid live that that. Way too stressful! Also i don’t enjoy the experience of being fitted in and the object of her stress. I’d really rather not meet up to spend an hour with the person stressing out lol

How many recognize themselves, I know I do.{blush}with the song ''I'm busy doing nothing, nothing the whole day through trying to find lots of things not to do''

The song “I’m busy doing nothing” must have been written for me.

Wish I had the time.

My sister in law has seen the light! She used to clean the house from top to bottom twice a day! Her mother was the same. My parents both read a lot so didn’t object to me doing the same.

When I set up the gynae cancer support group, which only got referrals once terminal, not one woman said that she wished she’d done more vacuuming, dusting or floor scrubbing.

Clean the house twice a day???

Theres a song that goes “Im busy doing nothing working the whole day through, trying to find lots of things not to do” thats me ?

I’ve recently bought a PlayStation 5 for me and my grandsons when they visit, I love playing Horizon Zero Dawn and was well into it when the window cleaner came. My initial feeling was pure guilt, and then I thought ‘Why not’ - ended up having a long chat about video games! DH considers it ‘doing nothing’!

I love doing nothing. I watch tv knit or read. And love my I pad. I lead a busy life still working full time so maybe a Sunday afternoon just sit and relax I’ve earned it.

Since retiring and especially since the pandemic I’ve become quite adept at ‘doing nothing’. I do chores in the mornings and am out a couple of days a week but the rest of the time I sew, knit, read etc. but I don’t really class that a doing nothing

I like to do a bit then sit down for a bit throughout the day, for instance we get up wash dress, I make breakfast I then wash up , sometimes put washing out , sweep & Hoover the main rooms , clean the bathroom then have a sit down and we have coffee about 11.00 am . The same in the afternoon , I really enjoy watching "Escape to the Country" at 3.00 pm so that is My sit down time to watch TV. Sometimes go for walk late morning if the weather is agreeable. Today we are meeting friends for lunch.

After I walked the dogs this am, I was thinking about my Sister. She is in a Nursing home and I was tearful after seeing her on Sunday. She was very unwell. I though if I sit down I will cry, so instead I have spent the morning baking. I am still upset but at least I am not crying. I am not good at doing nothing. If I'm sitting I am usually, at least knitting. It is my way of relaxing apart from dog walking.

Not at all, Callistemon (in answer to your post at 11:59:11).
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In fact, it’s quite informative ?.

I do ‘nothing’ most of the time. Lockdown induced plus a knee injury which means I’ve been unable to hobble far. I have little incentive to get up and go, my get up and go having got up and gone. Sometimes I wonder if with the passing of time I’d be like this anyway ?. I’ve just acquired a lovely lady wot ‘does me through’ once a week and am negotiating with a gardener to deal with the jungle. Hurrah! I feel quite liberated.

I work full time, and have just started working one day at the weekend (only half a day) I get in from work and do my housework (i like lists- so plan my evenings), then finish anything i haven't got done on a Saturday morning, after a nice lie in. Then I have 'me' time. Sometimes just sitting in from of the TV doing my nails, sometimes an epic 4 hour bath while i'm reading (thowback to when the kids were little and bath time was the only time i got to myself - although it wasn't 4 hours!) sometimes going out to browse round the shops, or visit a friend for a cuppa.
Doing nothing for me is doing what i want, even if i'm out and 'busy'.
Things didnt change to much for me during the pandemic as i worked from home and still had to do the housework as normal, the only difference was not going out the house, but me and friends would meet up for a cuppa outside sitting on the wall (most of them live within 100 yards). I dont think i could sit. Sleep yes - sit no

I love this thread. I do very little these days. Living in the tropics is the perfect excuse to do not a lot. I get off the sofa to make a cup of tea, to take the dogs into the garden, but nearly my whole day is spent on the net. I network dogs who will die unless they find homes. I spend hours on this. Then I read the papers online and yesterday I tried to get my head around Wordle but was annoyed when the world was “Humor” I would never have got it. I love days when I am alone all day with my old dogs and now I am nearly 88 I have stopped feeling guilty at doing nothing. I love it!

I'm just back from food shopping. It's blowing a gale outside. I don't think I can do my regular and boring routes march this afternoon but I'm already feeling guilty. I love the thought of a TV drama marathon but ...
I know. I do this to myself.

Hello geeljay nice to meet you!

I love doing nothing and I'm very good at it! I often watch daytime TV and don't feel at all guilty about it. I think the past two years has taught us that letting our minds and bodies totally relax sometimes is very restorative. My Mum was of the mind that one should always be 'doing something useful' otherwise you were just idle or lazy. I wake up every morning and think 'what shall I do today?' I make plans in my head, but if I pick up my book or turn on the TV every thing can change in an instant, and I really don't care. It's my day, my life and I'll do (or not do) as I please.

Have a nice Do Nothing Day everyone!

I love doing nothing, well nothing special,I love to read GN and then other things on the computer.I do write a lot, e mails and short stories.In the speing I will be out in the garden again, but above all its lovely not to have appointments to keep, to do what I want when I want.I think we all do something, but we dont think we are doing anything is if isnt important.

I suppose it's trying to be healthy that makes me need to keep moving. I've read so many scare stories about inactivity. I try to manage my BP and blood sugar levels etc by making 'positive lifestyle choices'. Just feeling negative today!

I have some health issues that cause me to feel quite tired. (diabetic with chronic kidney disease) I do care for my granddaughter 3 days a week. I am so tired after those days that I hardly move on the others and I don't feel guilty. I used to but I worked for a long time as a single parent and now a single grandma so I let the guilt just slide away. When I say nothing I really do mean doing nothing! grin

It is good to do nothing , we all need it .. For the moment I am being forced to do nothing,, as I have developed Polymyalgia ,, and after just a small job I need to rest and sit down , even just standing for a while and I have to rest ... So it is either in my computer chair which is very comfortable or in my departed husbands chair .. I never sat in it when he was alive , so didn't realise how comfortable it is .. So I am "Borrowing" it ! just in case he still sits in it secretly ! So I have come to terms with my rests ,, and we should look forward to them ..

Even if you are sitting in a comfortable chair staring into space, you are probably thinking, daydreaming, or better still meditating. I think that all of the above can be classed as ‘doing something’ - at least that is what I have started to tell myself. When we had the first lockdown there came a point when I did have nothing in particular to do, but I admit that I could almost hear my grandmother’s voice saying that if I had nothing to do she would soon find me something!

I think we should rejoice in that we have reached a time of life when we have a choice and enjoy the choice we make.

Welcome on board Geeljay

I do stuff until about 3pm and then that is it! Apart from cooking dinner, the rest of the day is mine. Otherwise I find I potter about all day long and then sit down tired!