Doing nothing

Have you ever spent a day doing nothing? I mean literally just sitting or lying down somewhere, not reading or using any sort of electronics, just thinking at the very most.

See, for the past few days, the entire family has been sick (except for my younger brother, who sits in the basement the entire day and isn't likely to catch anything, and my older sister, who is just tempting Murphy, as my mom says) I know that I'm not as bad off as my mom and affected siblings, in fact I'm only now starting to want to cough to get rid of that weird feeling in my throat and getting a really stuffed nose, and maybe it's not even being sick that's doing anything, but I've been lying down for the past few days just thinking and doing nothing.

It's actually rather nice. I don't worry about social networking sites or anything in particular anyways, but I do go on some games because of forced habit that I don't really want to break just yet. And getting away from them is very helpful. Because as much as they are an escape from my daily life, they're also a cause of stress to me.

It's actually a little strange to me. It's still noisy, but when I'm just lying down, somehow it all just goes away. Nothing really bothers me (unless someone's knocking on my door asking me to make brownies that I have told them I don't want to make) and time seems to slow down for a while.


So if you ever feel like you need to get away from it all, try lying down. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths if that helps you (it doesn't really for me in calming down, but it does wonders for when I can't stop laughing once I manage it) and just...think.