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by surprisetalk·3y ago·view on hn ↗
For me, sometimes “doing nothing” is literally doing nothing: neither napping nor thinking. Other times, “nothing” means surfing Reddit and making music.

It’s all about intent. Abandon plans! Stop scheming! Without expectations, everything and nothing are equally unexpected.

Imagine a beach ball on the water. It’s incapable of doing anything, and yet it responds to every force with an appropriate reaction. Dive in the pool, and it rolls with the waves. Pull it underwater, and it shoots back to the surface!

It’s fun to live like a beach ball. By doing “nothing”, I find myself bouncing from adventure to adventure.

When I stop doing things, it gives the universe a chance to play with me; I become like a kite in the sky.

[1] https://taylor.town/nothing

Your shopping list and to-do list and bucket list are bottomless. Your lists grow until you decide they’re complete.

Decide that your TODOs are already complete! When nothing remains on your lists, there's only "nothing" left to do :)

[2] https://taylor.town/nothing-fulfills