2344: How a “Do Nothing” Day Changed My Life by Hilary Barnett of No Sidebar on Designing a Simple Life
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement
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🗓️ 12 May 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Their skiff'd have ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike. |
| 0:07.0 | It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like, it was so, it was all wrapped up, |
| 0:13.0 | it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so |
| 0:17.0 | a guess. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so, for that one change really low. |
| 0:24.0 | Enjoy in every sip with red carp snout back at Starbucks. |
| 0:55.0 | Phoenix Group is the brand name for Phoenix Group Holdings PLC and its subsidiary company St. Brands. |
| 1:00.0 | This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2344. How I do nothing day, changed my life. A Hillary Barnett of NoSideBarr.com and I'm just a molecule very own personal narrator. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm going to jump right into another post and start optimizing your life. |
| 1:18.0 | How I do nothing day, changed my life by Hillary Barnett of NoSideBarr.com. |
| 1:25.0 | Doing nothing. The mere thought gives you a sudden twitch right? Me too my friend. But despite the twitch, I'd like to make a proposal. |
| 1:35.0 | For one day out of each week, you do absolutely nothing. This doesn't mean you don't go anywhere or just sit on your couch and stare the wall. |
| 1:44.0 | You mean simply that you clear a calendar and make space for what could happen? |
| 1:49.0 | You remove any social obligations, you let projects sit idle, you turn off your notifications, you simply take a day to just be. |
| 1:58.0 | Ever since my first daughter was born, I felt the pull toward a do nothing day. I went back to work part time when she was only 11 weeks old. |
| 2:06.0 | And when I spent time away from her demeanor and behavior, it was just different. She wasn't as settled, and neither was I. |
| 2:14.0 | I could tell she was a happier kid when I was able to spend one day just being with her. |
| 2:19.0 | So when we were able to be together on my days off, I tried to make it a point to have one day where we didn't have a million places to be, if I could help it. |
| 2:28.0 | No agenda, no rushing around, no one else to please, just me and her together, doing whatever we felt like doing or getting into whatever adventure may come our way. |
| 2:39.0 | Recently I heard someone say if you want to see where your priorities really lie, look at two things, your calendar, and your bank statement. |
| 2:48.0 | If you believe your priorities are what truly matters to you, look no further than those two places to confirm or deny your hunch. |
| 2:58.0 | To do nothing day. |
| 3:01.0 | Let's do an experiment. Take a look at your calendar and take an inventory with me. How much of it is work related? |
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