The do-nothing vacation is not about being a bore, ignoring local culture, or rejecting adventure for the rest of your days. It’s about giving yourself the time and space for a mental reset. Don ...

You actively do nothing — like put your phone down and look out of a window for a few minutes. It takes the edge off.

“Doing nothing means giving your mind a rest by not expending your precious and limited cognitive resources and attentional capacity,” says Gloria Mark, Ph.D., author of "Attention Span: A ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section B, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: Stop. Just Stop. And Learn How to Do Absolutely Nothing. .

Prof. Constance Kassor's class, "Doing Nothing," is the most popular course at Lawrence University in Wisconsin. Here's what that says about college students today.

Huazhong wasn’t fully postulating the notion of ‘doing nothing’ but in 1972 American journalist Harold Pullman Coffin did. He proposed Nothing Day, an ‘un-event’ day when people can just ...

What if new moms did something radical—what if they chose to do nothing?Why New Moms Feel Pressured to Stay BusyMotherhood is ...

A version of this story appeared in the August 16-29, 2013 print issue under the headline: ‘Doing nothing’ a place of surprising activity.

Here's why embracing the art of "doing nothing" might just be your most powerful productivity secret: 1. Fuelling Creativity and Insight: The Science: Our brains operate in different modes.

Doing nothing allows the mind to wander freely, ... Membership Monthly $4.99 Membership Yearly $49.00 Membership+Print Monthly $9.99 Membership+Print Yearly $99. Newsletters in your inbox See all.

Dolce far niente is a soul-expanding celebration of doing nothing ... the term appears in print in the memoirs of Casanova, the famous 18th-century Italian adventurer.

More than 100 people gathered silently on yoga mats over the weekend to do absolutely nothing, in a Seoul event that is part physical challenge, part art piece, and part respite from South Korea ...