For those nothing days!

Bank Holiday weekend. Always a funny one and usually a rainy one too. We wake up in the morning wondering what to do. We try to go out but the feeling of wanting to lay down all day overtakes the feeling of wanting to go out and so, we stay in.

This is slightly marred by the constant feeling that we should be doing something productive. We read a little (mostly Facebook), we watch TV, we look out the window, we eat, we watch some more TV, we read a little more Facebook.

Nothing seems to matter as much as it did yesterday. We are in our own space where literally nothing matters. Our feelings of happiness or sadness turn into complete numbness. In fact, not even the word ‘nothing’ means anything to us anymore.

As the numbness hits every part of our body we begin to feel totally relaxed. This is what your body experiences when you sleep and usually no one ever gets a chance to do this while they are awake. This is a form of meditation, so just sit back or lay down, and think about, well nothing. If you drift off, then so be it, you’ll soon wake up and read a little more Facebook and watch a little more TV.

Embrace the feeling of doing nothing and stop worrying. Especially if its sunny outside! There is nothing worse than the guilt of wanting a ‘nothing day’ when its nice outside. So instead think of this - we can’t always choose when to have those nothing days, so just relax and feel calm in the knowledge that you may not be able to have another ‘nothing day’ for...I don’t know...at least a whole week!

The Gym? Do NOT go to the gym, unless you begin to feel bored..nope, not even then! Your ‘nothing day’ does not involve exercise! FULL STOP! Read a book, although if this becomes too strenuous then stop and stare at the stealing. Think, but not to much. Write, even if its just your own name. Or write a pros and cons list, even if you have no options to weight up. But DO NOT go to the Gym! This will only bring something to your nothing day, and this would in turn defeat the whole purpose of having a nothing day.

So lay horizontal, stare at the four walls around you, and embrace the boredom. Only then can you really appreciate your ability to actually leave the house at any given moment and experince living. Only then can you really appreciate, LIFE! 

Wait...what are you doing?! Nothing? Leave the house...leave the damn house NOW! 

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