Doing nothing can lead to your most productive self. Let me explain.
We all live busy lives. We have jobs, families, friends, hobbies and we want to do it all. Somethings more than others of course. So we plan. We use our agendas. We synchronize them with loved ones and friends, and they contain all our daily activities. Business and personal. And the problem we have, is that we still don’t have enough time. We want to do more. Live more, love more. Fortunately now there are even AI solutions to help us. You can have your scheduling and rescheduling done for you. Really.
We are so fully engaged in our to do lists, handling simple, quick and short tasks, reacting on messages on our phone, our e-mail, that we don’t take the time to just sit still, doing nothing. Being just with oneself. Letting your thoughts go. Listening to the sounds, looking at the world around you. Just being fully present.
And that is when creativity can arise. By doing absolutely nothing. Preferably being absolutely bored. So, next time that you have a chance at clearing your schedule, please do. And keep it empty. And don’t try or force anything. But let go, and hopefully, you’ll be bored as fuck. Lucky you.