Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Doing Nothing




[Photo by Kinga Cichewicz at Unsplash]


Vacations are routinely touted but there is one practice that can be highly beneficial if it is used both properly and sparingly. That practice is doing nothing.

I don't mean that you should stare at a wall - unless it is a particularly interesting wall - but that a brief walk or a 30 to 60 minute get-away at a coffee shop, library, park or bookstore can work wonders.  Don't take work along. Shift your mind into another perspective. Play Sherlock Holmes and see how much you can observe in a simple setting.[How many people were in the coffee shop? Who was seated near the door? What newspapers were being read? Were there any beards or mustaches?]

Push your mind out of a rut.

And don't forget to notice their shoes.

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