Days of Doing Nothing — Milk Challenge, Day 3

Continuing with Day Three of @whatsup's "Milk Challenge;" more about that at the bottom of this post.

I have to confess that I miss having days of just doing nothing.

There's an irony within that longing: Part of the reason I chose the self-employment route many years ago was precisely so I would be able to occasionally have slack days... and it is because I am self-employed that I now can almost never afford to take slack days.

I could watch flowers grow
Maybe I am just inherently lazy, but I have always enjoyed doing nothing. A lot of people don't really believe me, when I say that... but when I have the opportunity — like when I get an actual vacation — I really do enjoy not doing anything.

I don't need to go to museums.
I don't need to do a bunch of visiting to historic sites.
I don't need to be entertained.
I don't need to go to fairs and festivals.
I don't need to search out lost relatives in far corners of the world.

Wild roses

I am quite content to just sit with a book for hours/days on end... occasionally dozing of, and occasionally taking a break from reading by simply watching the grass grow for a couple of hours.

As I write these world, I realize that (a) I am definitely part of the "slow living" movement, and (b) it feels like life has become to hectic and fast paced that shutting my brain completely off just feels like a very attractive proposition.

And so, when I tell someone that I am looking to take a "day off," I don't mean that I need to run errands, I mean that I want to get my brainwaves as close to flatlining as possible!

Thanks for reading!

Watch sunsets!

Milk and Taters!

The "Milk Challenge" is the brainchild of @whatsup and you can go read the original post here.

Short version: It's about posting + engagement. One post a day (at least) and 10 comments a day (at least) for seven consecutive days (at least).

Use the tags #milkandtaters or #milkandtators.

Try to keep the general tone light and about something the general social media-consuming public might be interested in.

This bit ▲ is my own add-on... taken from SteemPeak screen shots

(Another #creativecoin creative non-fiction post)

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