Doing Nothing
When I was in second grade, I read a children’s book called “Let’s Do Nothing!” Reading the book made me think about the concept of how to do nothing. And, after a bit, I came to the conclusion that it is literally impossible; you are always in some place in some posture (for the characters in the book, it was sitting). Also experiencing contradictions: you cannot simultaneously not breathe and not hold breathe at the same time. I later learned from a Google Search that “doing nothing” refers to the act of existing with engaging in any purposeful activity, which by my definition would mean lying on the floor or sitting somewhere stilly for chunks of time, staring blankly at the ceiling, a wall, or my computer screen. I used to, in elementary and middle school, think that spacing out was bad. After all, why would it be good? It is not mandatory for functioning like eating and sleeping, thrilling like playing with friends, informative like exploring the endless field of knowl...