Do you fall to the trap of assuming that your only purpose in life is to be useful? Finding your individual bliss may involve accomplishment, but the full, balanced scope of your existence may include times where being unproductive is just as appealing. Here are some tips for enjoying free or cheap fun, all the while showing a marked lack of productivity.
Laughing is very important
You cannot take everything so seriously around you. You do not have to pay anything to bring a smile to your face or to those faces around you. No matter what the reason, make sure you are laughing all the time.
There are new things all around you.
If you do not want to do anything, you need to pay attention to the activities of others. Other people do fun things such as playing the piano or rock climbing. Do not ever participate right now. You can do it again later. For now, you just sit back and watch other people do all the things you would love.
Being unproductive tip No. 3: Listen to the call of the wild
You should listen to the creatures in the wild while observing the different things they do. If you go to the forest or to a swamp, you can hear all the noises all around you and they are not that hard to understand. Listen carefully, especially in the evening and morning.
Being unproductive tip No. 4: Enjoy the park
Think Chicago was not telling the truth when it sang about all the good things to do on a Saturday in the park? Think again. A free public park is a great summertime destination for sitting back and catching some rays. Bring a chair, or a towel. If you are going to be there at lunchtime, bring lunch with you and enjoy it there.
Being unproductive tip No. 5: Fun among the hedges
You can find a community flower garden or greenhouse to walk around in. It is typically free and is a perfect way to enjoy your afternoon. Your town might have a neighborhood flower garden you can through.
Being lazy tip No. 6: In the clouds
If you want to, you can do this while at the park, or you can do it on a separate outing. Go with friends and family, or you can do it alone, and look at the clouds. Classify them or simply identify the shapes you seeing if you do not know the different cloud types.
Being lazy tip No. 7: Read for pleasure
While finding bliss with mindless television can really be costly (it murders brain cells), reading a book that has nothing at all to do with being an upwardly mobile social climber isn't really quite so costly. The same holds true for magazines and relatively long pamphlets, provided they aren't job-related. Read for pleasure, not for information.
Old photographs
Reconnect with your past through old photographs. Each has a story to tell, and the trip down memory lane doesn't cost a penny. Provided the memories are good memories, you are en route to personal bliss.
Sharpen your body too
Playing pick-up soccer, baseball or basketball might be viewed as being productive - sharpening skills, improving health - but the element of simply enjoying a game is much less pointed. The joyous state of mind brought on by doing something other than working with a client or purchasing groceries is a vital part of building the balance between yin and yang in your life.
Feel the water
Again, these are things that could be accomplished in the park, although at the river, ocean or walking trail also works. Take off your shoes and feel water and sand between your toes. Let the cool be. You aren't being productive, and that's fine. Continue your path by walking at dusk. Observe the changes in the light. Work, bills and other obligations can wait, for a time.
Laughing is very important
You cannot take everything so seriously around you. You do not have to pay anything to bring a smile to your face or to those faces around you. No matter what the reason, make sure you are laughing all the time.
There are new things all around you.
If you do not want to do anything, you need to pay attention to the activities of others. Other people do fun things such as playing the piano or rock climbing. Do not ever participate right now. You can do it again later. For now, you just sit back and watch other people do all the things you would love.
Being unproductive tip No. 3: Listen to the call of the wild
You should listen to the creatures in the wild while observing the different things they do. If you go to the forest or to a swamp, you can hear all the noises all around you and they are not that hard to understand. Listen carefully, especially in the evening and morning.
Being unproductive tip No. 4: Enjoy the park
Think Chicago was not telling the truth when it sang about all the good things to do on a Saturday in the park? Think again. A free public park is a great summertime destination for sitting back and catching some rays. Bring a chair, or a towel. If you are going to be there at lunchtime, bring lunch with you and enjoy it there.
Being unproductive tip No. 5: Fun among the hedges
You can find a community flower garden or greenhouse to walk around in. It is typically free and is a perfect way to enjoy your afternoon. Your town might have a neighborhood flower garden you can through.
Being lazy tip No. 6: In the clouds
If you want to, you can do this while at the park, or you can do it on a separate outing. Go with friends and family, or you can do it alone, and look at the clouds. Classify them or simply identify the shapes you seeing if you do not know the different cloud types.
Being lazy tip No. 7: Read for pleasure
While finding bliss with mindless television can really be costly (it murders brain cells), reading a book that has nothing at all to do with being an upwardly mobile social climber isn't really quite so costly. The same holds true for magazines and relatively long pamphlets, provided they aren't job-related. Read for pleasure, not for information.
Old photographs
Reconnect with your past through old photographs. Each has a story to tell, and the trip down memory lane doesn't cost a penny. Provided the memories are good memories, you are en route to personal bliss.
Sharpen your body too
Playing pick-up soccer, baseball or basketball might be viewed as being productive - sharpening skills, improving health - but the element of simply enjoying a game is much less pointed. The joyous state of mind brought on by doing something other than working with a client or purchasing groceries is a vital part of building the balance between yin and yang in your life.
Feel the water
Again, these are things that could be accomplished in the park, although at the river, ocean or walking trail also works. Take off your shoes and feel water and sand between your toes. Let the cool be. You aren't being productive, and that's fine. Continue your path by walking at dusk. Observe the changes in the light. Work, bills and other obligations can wait, for a time.
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