In praise of inactivity

A time spent offline practice

Hi there,

I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know; It’s not that you don’t know, it is that you don’t do. 

Five things to share:

1. 100 ways to spend more time offline

2. Guys, remember that time when you were 24 and you were on the subway, and you saw that girl  with the glasses reading a book wearing a black leather coat, and you were obsessing over whether to go up to her or not but then your stop came, and you were like, screw it, she'll probably mace me, so you got off and went to the library to study for your chem exam?

   You chose wrong.

3. A quote I want to share with you:

   Don’t just do something. Stand there.

   — Rochelle Myer

4. Vita Contemplativa: In Praise of Inactivity

   Book by Byung-Chul Han

   In our busy and hurried lives, we are losing the ability to be inactive. Human existence becomes fully absorbed by activity – even leisure, treated as a respite from work, becomes part of the same logic. Intense life today means first of all more performance or more consumption. We have forgotten that it is precisely inactivity, which does not produce anything, that represents an intense and radiant form of life.

   A HUGE thanks to Talia from ART LIFE BALANCE for recommending this book. I am a tad bit better than I was before after reading it— Thank you, thank you, thank you! 

5. A challenge for you: You; Sitting with Yourself. Ask: Why am I so afraid of This moment?

P.s.

there are worse things than
being Alone
but it often takes decades
to realize this
and most often
when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than
too late.

— Charles Bukowski

That’s all for this week!

Thank you for reading, and share with anyone you think may benefit.

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Until next time,

Mehret