Comments on: An itinerary for doing nothing

By: Julia Lazar

Julia Lazar — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:22:36 +0000

I just found you via Communicatrix and LOVE your blog!
Am a fellow practitioner of space for space sake…room for seed ideas to grow…and friendships do the same.
Julia Lazar´s last blog ..“SANTOSHA” happiness in a bottle

By: Eric Normand

Eric Normand — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:02:10 +0000

Kelly!

I so need this right now. More thinking, less doing. It’s so easy to keep saying: “I can just do one more thing” all day long. I really need to plan, schedule time to create, then get out and play!

Create then recreate!

See you later!
Eric Normand´s last blog ..Now

By: Mahala Mazerov

Mahala Mazerov — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:59:25 +0000

I don’t know exactly when it happened, but somewhere along the line I stopped pacing myself and started driving myself. It’s crazy, because I believe ultimately it benefits no one, not even the people I am driving myself to serve.

Thanks for your bucket list, do nothing itinerary and reverse to do list. I really needed a return to sanity.
Mahala Mazerov´s last blog ..Skillful Answers to Disgraceful Questions, Part 2

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Lists (but not to-do lists). « How THW Gets In Gear — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:02:45 +0000

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By: Lisa Claudia Briggs

Lisa Claudia Briggs — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:17:57 +0000

Hi Kelly-

I totally get it. I get all my best ideas when out on my morning walks, and when out in the yard with the dogs. The less time I spend at my desk, the more I create. I always kinda knew this, but remembered it again anew (love that word) when I spent 3 weeks wiht a hideous parasite infection (lots of vomiting and other disgusting things) and was living on bare-minimum-work levels- instead I sat in the shade of our lilacs and read fiction. It was blissful. when I was done I had my groove back (my health back) and could return fresh to my work with new ideas and inspiration.

I know from the past few years that the harder I work, the more I persist in trying to “get it” or whatever, the more it eludes me, or the more forced and unnatural the results.

Plus I love naps.

xox
Lisa
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By: Barbara Martin

Barbara Martin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:10:53 +0000

WOW Kelly! Music straight up too!!! HOW the heck did you figure that out, to do all that for yourself? Kind of amazing, darn right awesome. Here’s to richer living for all!!!!
Barbara Martin´s last blog ..Simple Daily Changes to Increase Creativity

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:25:09 +0000

Well, the Amanda Palmer thing is music. So, wow, you’re right. Visual, tactile, audio, movement (trampoline). This is so insightful, Barbara! I’m all about having a richer life… This is just one more reason I can give myself for going to the bookstore in the middle of the day. Thanks for sharing this!

By: Barbara Martin

Barbara Martin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:28:41 +0000

It struck me that your list includes physical activities plus a visual input (kids books) plus a tactile experience (the new notebooks and writing by hand) … not sure about the Amanda Palmer thing but I suspect that is a sort of food for the soul thing? Creative people and people who do mental gymnastics for work do need the time outs for rythmic “moving meditation” types of activities and for activities that keep them in the moment through sensory input. And time for doing nothing and for play. And for doing things totally unrelated to their work. It is a way of refilling the well and also of forging new connections in your brain. (Shivanauts seem to do this very well.) But most important I think it has to do with living a richer life. As far as work places go, the more progressive recognize this. (Think, famously, google for one.) I wish we all could experience this type of existence!
Barbara Martin´s last blog ..Simple Daily Changes to Increase Creativity

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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:05:34 +0000

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By: Kelly Parkinson

Kelly Parkinson — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:15:58 +0000

Lisa, why DON’T you go watch a movie and come back and stare off into space a bit? I hereby give you permission to give yourself permission to boss yourself around like that!