Anything.
Even when people casually reply that they are doing nothing, they are indeed doing something. (Yeah, yeah, I get that technically, we are always doing something...breathing, blinking, thinking, yadda yadda. But that's not what I mean.) Usually we are doing at least one thing that requires some level of mental acuity, even if it's just watching tv or playing online. Because it would be weird if someone asked what we were doing, and we actually were doing nothing.
Just sitting.
No tv.
No internet.
Just nothing.
What I don't get is why that is so weird. How have we all gotten so used to doing no less than 7 things at once, that we have lost the ability to just stop doing everything? Maybe we think that sitting and doing nothing is a luxury we simply cannot afford. There are always things to do, for our jobs, our houses, our lives in general.
Honestly, I think it would serve us all well to just do nothing now and again.
Go sit out on the porch and drink in some sunshine.
Lie on the couch and listen to whatever sounds your neighborhood makes.
And maybe the next time someone asks what you are doing, you can close your eyes, take a deep breath, and savor the taste of doing nothing at all.
Oh, the freedom.
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