Living The Dream

It sounds very weird: although people (living in Germany) already have an average spare time of approximately four hours a day, for the majority it still isn't enough. At least that is one of many results from recent surveys (conducted in Germany).

I may need to clarify: those four hours mentioned above are the average time we (are said to or claim to) have at our free disposal. No duties, no schedules, nothing. Four hours. - Of course we need more, seriously!

The part I like best about the findings is that about 50 % would love to spend this time on doing - nothing. Yes, they would love to do nothing. I can completely understand that!

Sure, there is no way of actually doing nothing. There is always something going on, in our mind as well as around us. Meditation may be a way to do (almost) nothing. But I don't think that this is the point.

Doing nothing is more about lying on the sofa and watching the ceiling without trying to focus on anything specific. Doing nothing is sitting next to a fountain and just watching the water. Doing nothing is sitting on a bench, enjoying the sun and watching the clouds or the birds in the sky.

I am living the dream. At least now and then. I am a lucky man.