How to donothing6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But saying you feel seen is another way of saying you feel understood. Someone on the internet said it was an invalid sentence. I think of when people say, ‘I feel seen’. Sometimes people talk to me like they know me, even though we’re meeting for the first time. The thoughts that flashed through my brain that make me worry that I’m a bad person. I practice I stop offering to fill in the gaps: I would rather not tell you about my day. How to, as the writer, artist and academic Jenny Odell says, hold open that place in the sun.Įarly on in the book How to Do Nothing-don’t be fooled, this isn’t a self-help guide, or a memoir or a satire but somehow all those things seep into the pages-Odell talks about the right to not express yourself. How to take back your attention when it’s stolen from you. How to memorise the colours in light that isn’t backlit or blue. How to listen to your instincts (and not the algorithm). How to take a day off (including-but not limited to-public holidays or weekends). How to find out where you need to get to without following the blue dot bobbing down the street. How to not use social media blocking apps to meet a deadline. How to get to the end of a long to-do list. ![]()
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