When's the last time you did nothing??

It might mean literally doing nothing but it could also mean just slowing down the pace a bit.  Sometimes the days speed by and before we know it we've gone through the motions and it's over.  The frantic pace and multi-tasking make it difficult to appreciate the good things in our lives and to cement those precious times into our memories.  You may find yourself saying, "I don't have time to do nothing?".  But I'd like to propose that this is another form of self-care and the quality of our days will improve if we add a little more nothing into the day.      

For example, here are some ways I tried to slow down and do more nothing. While driving home after work I turned off the radio, turned off my motivational speaker YouTube videos (more on my favorite motivational speaker later!) and I watched the really awesome golden sunset.  I tried to appreciate how beautiful it was and also the fact of how much later sunset is these days. Also, rather than jumping right into nightly chores I took a few minutes when we arrived home to play game of checkers with my son and dolls with my daughter.  We don’t always need to be “on” and we may find that our day will go much smoother if we take a few of those moments to slow down and do nothing but be present.  

Let’s all support each other!  Please leave in the comments below how you’ve tried to slow down, do nothing, be in the moment.  I look forward to hearing from you all!