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HK
Did you do DN? [badge]Yes[/badge]
How long did you do nothing today? [badge]2h / per 2h[/badge]
Answers HK
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Walking. Out of the house. Other direction. More straight this time. A second magic backyard experience. A wall and ruins overgrown, a table, a chair as if waiting for me. Turned and walked into an extensive warehouse backyard by impulse, searching loosely for a CIRCUS (a sign I saw) which then was not pointed out in the the maze of car repair shops behind a Bio Market. Field recording of a machine which weirdly and mechanically promotes the market which I have never seen before vanishing behind a curtain after the mechanism gets triggered. Like an alien wielded life-form. Walked in and found the newly opened Gleisdreieck Park which I never visited before. Posters which changed my evening planning, I spontaneously decided to go to the open air cinema. Took spontaneously a bus back into my direction because it was getting late. Helped a man getting his pram in. Chatted with a beautiful tall blonde in the supermarket where I wanted to buy a drink against the thirst and then ended up with an additional bottle of white wine, spending all the 2,80 EUR which I had with me for the bus (I did not buy a ticket, that was more fun). Came back half an hour late.
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Doing nothing broadens your view. Things which are always there suddenly become the focus, lighting up the light, reflections, shadows, colors. The mode is „passing by“ not chasing up something, but you better act as if you were drifting by, like wood in a river – you can still be a short help, a stepping stone for others of have a brief joyful interaction, but not heavy and not in a forced way…more like a gentle breeze. Being courteous, but as passer-by…
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It should not surprise me, but I can be so joyful and happy inside…it is flowing over. Without an aim it simply jumps in, overwhelms and distances and in the same time and brings me closer to my fellow people. Helping people like in a flow, but not standing there and waiting for a thank you,…that is such a bliss…
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Sensational, again. Different, because I already see and feel it sinking in, letting less of a curiosity drive me, so giving nothing more space. It does not have to be „interesting“ or a spectacle or meeting an “important” person. It is about giving yourself time. What a luxury!!!!
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Please, more. There is so much to explore with this method, I feel like opening a door to a kingdom…
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BEFORE: More neutral than yesterday at the start. Did again something useful (bringing the garbage down) taking time away from doing nothing. Old habits die slowly…
WHILE: Again walked with the umbrella. Feel the need for a costume, even though a normal gear is more of a camouflage.
AFTER: My arm / shoulder hurts for ticking with the metal umbrella tip to the stony ground, I think. Well, I was walking for 2h … 😉 good! I feel it!
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NT
Did you do DN? [badge]Yes[/badge]
How long did you do nothing today? [badge]2h / per 1h[/badge]
Answers NT
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Sitting in the park, watching birds, looking at the plants and the different coloures; strolling around aimlessly… Lying on a mat in the garden and on the riverside, dreaming with open eyes, trying to control the thoughts and to be present..
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It fuels / sparks all the following activities in which i`m involved – I feel that I can be more myself, being “present”, my perception is not divided into different parallel thought-streams.
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It becomes difficult for me to start with DN – I try to procrastinate, as if my subconsciousness does not like being watched, it guides me to interesting but useless activities in order to postpone the start.. do I have a “horror vacui”? Feels like I am playing a game with myself…
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Hm, I feel that this experiment would be also very useful and healthy for our society – helping rethinking, recharging and reinventing life, escaping from the ratrace-game..
This is definitely not a game!!
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Would be better for me to set a specific timeframe, and do it in the midst of the workday, but I feel not able to do this and take responsibility – I like to do it by chance…
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