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I was sitting in a chair in my back yard with my feet propped up on another chair. It was late in the day with the light failing, but the failing light was magnificent and refreshing. I had moved the chairs into the direct sunlight to enjoy it more. By the way, I live in the great Northwest – sometimes I call it the great “Northwet” – so the sunshine was a treat on this Fall day. The dog was walking around in the yard and would occasionally wander over to have his head scratched. It was a sublime, very relaxing moment.

But, you ask, how is it that someone who values doing nothing so highly is spending time at his keyboard creating this blog entry and on the very same evening that he was doing nothing in his backyard? To further stretch my credibility about this “nothing” concept, in all honesty I must confess to being a type A personality. I’m the person who can’t sit still for two hours to watch a movie, or the person who always has one more thing on his to-do list that absolutely cannot be put off until later. Members of my family and my friends will attest to my type A personality.

OK, so play along with me on this for a while, just relax, and think about it – doesn’t it make sense that doing nothing could very easily reduce your stress level. Sure, there are tons of self-help books out there to support this idea, but my recommendation is that you just give doing nothing a try – no cell phone, no MP3 player, no TV, no book. Get comfortable and just sit. After you have stopped doing nothing, you can send a comment about this blog post, no obligation of course, but I’d like to get your feedback.