No. 30
Lean back. Do nothing for five minutes.
Empty time on the calendar is what makes mental space.
Look at your day. Is it packed wall to wall? Work, errands, plans with someone, your own list of "things I should do for me." A lot of people get oddly anxious when the schedule has any gaps.
But real spaciousness lives in those gaps. Five minutes of nothing isn't wasted time. Without it, your head clogs up with unsorted information.
Today, build a real five minutes of nothing. Lean back in a chair. Phone away. No music. Stare out the window. The first couple minutes feel useless, then around minute three, scattered things in your head start sorting themselves without your input. That's the quiet power of empty time.
Try this today
- Build five minutes of doing absolutely nothing today
- Block thirty minutes on your calendar with no agenda
- Lean back in a chair, phone elsewhere, and just be