Doing nothing is self-care

Last updated Aug 15, 2023

• Source:
  • Smile Indias, Sources/Interdisciplinary Approaches to Creation & Innovation - Class
  • Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing (Book)
• Keywords: Cards/permanent notes
  • #personaldevelopment #mindfulness
• Relevant Notes:
  • Cards/Freedom from conditioning
  • Cards/The alternative to freedom is unconsciousness
  • Cards/Doing nothing is active listening

“In such times as these, ==having recourse to periods of and spaces for “doing nothing” is of utmost importance, because without them we have no way to think, reflect, heal, and sustain ourselves—individually or collectively. ==There is a kind of nothing that’s necessary for, at the end of the day, doing something. When overstimulation has become a fact of life, I suggest that we reimagine #FOMO as #NOMO, the necessity of missing out, or if that bothers you, #NOSMO, the necessity of sometimes missing out.”