Why do I Schedule Time for Doing Nothing?

What do you see when you look around? Well, you have to pay attention to a lot of things, but let me tell you more about it. Have you ever wondered why everyone seems to be in such a hurry or is so restless? Especially when you ride the metro or a bus, these are things you might notice.

People don't have much time anymore, and they jump from one job to another at set times, like a well-built robot that is programmed to do its job at a certain time. It seems like time is controlling everyone now, and that no one has any control over themselves. Everyone is going crazy because they are in a rush.

The old way of thinking doesn't let anyone "relax and achieve." Instead, it encourages people to "hustle and achieve." Our society is being shaped by the old idea that "everything worth doing is worth doing." This is true for marriage, parenting, business, and politics.

In this day and age, working hard is more important than inner self-luxuries. This is what most people miss out on. The way people think has so limited the world.

Check out what is called the "paradox of limitation."

When you limit your time, you can't do everything you want to do. Instead, you have to focus on what you need to do.

Time limits your choices so that you don't have much freedom. It's clear which way to go.

The Art of Ignoring Things

Spend time on yourself and put yourself first when it comes to your time. Trust me, there will never be a time in the future when you won't have work to do. It will never stop; it just keeps going on and on.

Prioritize the most important things you need to do each day. Don't give yourself too many things to do; instead, limit your work for the day.

Say "NO" to things at the bottom of your list, and get rid of them. Doing things you don't need to do is a waste of time and leaves you with questions at the end of the day.

"Attention is where life begins and where it ends."

Attention has become a big problem for people in the modern world. This is because there are so many distractions that pull your attention away from important things.

Why would you spend hours on social media, where everyone is busy trying to influence each other? By doing anything pointless they can, from fake motivational speakers to disgusting reels that make you cringe, everyone out there is ready to waste their not-so-important time on you and mess up your attention level.

As our days are numbered, so should be your task.

Serialize and prioritize.

Don't try to juggle more than one major undertaking at a time. It's tempting to attempt to relieve the stress of having too many obligations or aspirations by diving headfirst into everything at once. However, this approach seldom leads to success. The ability to multitask is overrated, and you'll quickly discover that serializing your work really helps you finish more of it, which will do wonders for calming your nerves.

Examine every day with a curious eye.

Because our brains register the passage of years depending on how much information we absorb in any particular period, time seems to speed up as we age. A child's perception of time is slow because of all the new things they get to experience, whereas an elderly person's perception of time speeds up since their life has become so routine.

The conventional wisdom is that you can overcome this by having more unusual things happen to you. It's helpful, but it's not always feasible. One approach is to focus more intently on each and every experience, no matter how ordinary it may seem. Explore the world around you by going on walks without a specific destination in mind, taking up a new hobby like art or birding, or playing "I Spy" with a young kid.

When you can convince yourself that uncertainty and tragedy do exist, life is always filled with unexpected surprises no matter how bad or good, you feel free from all those artificial beliefs and all the negative things you’ve thought of and can actually focus on whatever you ever wanted to.

So every 2-3 hours, when I get overwhelmed by the 100s of things that need to do I take a pause. and start doing nothing. I got this from Oliver Burkman's book " Four Thousand Weeks."

Do-nothing meditation

The instructions are pretty simple, so

• Set a timer for 5 or 10 minutes.
• Settle somewhere and sit down calmly in a noiseless place.
• Focus on your breath.
• Your only work during the meditation is that
• Whenever you feel you are getting distracted by your thoughts or going into a loop from one thought to another.
• Then just bring your mind, the only work you are settled too.
• Ignore voices that say that “you are actually doing it.”
• Repeat that constantly. Just bring back your mind, which is being pulled by your thoughts.

sounds simple, and it is. Initial fiction can be put off but once you get the connection and see how it works after you have done it. You will definitely schedule it in your calendar as I did.

We need to confront this reality if we are to make the most of our little time here on Earth. Time management, in its broadest sense, is therefore a primary problem for everyone. However, contemporary time management (or productivity) is dishearteningly myopic, with an emphasis on creating the ideal morning routine or attempting to churn off as many things as possible while focusing all your efforts on achieving a future state of satisfaction and fulfilment. It fails to take into account that the world is full of amazing things to see and do and that taking time off to do so can reduce efficiency. Let's start by Changing the definition of productivity.