Nothing

Last week in class our teacher gave us an assignment that we had to do nothing. We basically had to stand in a crowded area and just do nothing. We couldn't talk, or pretend to be waiting or looking around for something, we just had to stand there and "see what we see", and then reflect back on the process after ten minutes. I chose to do this assignment when I was at an airport when I was visiting Alabama. At first I thought an airport was a good place to do this because I thought people stand around doing nothing and no one notices but also because it was a really crowded place. I felt really awkward and uncomfortable at first. i'm not used to just standing around doing nothing. I always have to be doing something. I guess that's what the point of the assignment was--to prove that in our society, we're taught that it's awkward to just be standing around doing nothing. I noticed that everyone was running around like crazy (or maybe that's because they were missing their flights! i'm not sure..) and no one really took the time to just stand still and relax. From now on when my life gets really crazy busy, I'm going to make sure to take time and do nothing--it really did relax me!