While the natural inclination for many of us this time of year is to buy more, do more and be more, experts say to preserve your mental health, try a new approach: doing nothing at all. Mastering the ...

My son has a Zen calligraphy over his bed that says, "Doing Nothing Is Something." He’s a middle schooler who sleeps a lot, fantasizes about baseball, and chats for hours about “nothing” with friends.

My college roommate, Leila, only needed five hours of sleep per night to feel rested. Calm and cheerful, Leila easily completed the assignments for her double major and played viola in the orchestra.

My use of the phrase “human doing” may provoke some questions: What’s a human doing? What do human doings look and act like? Am I a human doing? This article will answer all of those questions. Plus, ...

In the 1950s, scholars worried that, thanks to technological innovations, Americans wouldn’t know what to do with all of their leisure time. Yet today, as sociologist Juliet Schor notes, Americans are ...

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