Doing nothing. Nothing at all.

[Dwarfman]

I hate that feeling..its depressing

which makes me screw around on forums...or make a new avatar

And considering all your avatars are of a certain character from Footrot Flats I would say that's a very good and productive past time.

To answer the OPs question though. Yeah sometimes but ususally my doing nothing involves the quiet contemplation of the mysteries of the universe and my navel. Most of the time I try and find something to do...like run amok on The Escapist.

 

[Trippy Turtle]

I woke up at 11AM today then I got out of bed at 3PM and haven't done much beside flip through the escapist.

 

[Connor Lonske]

Uh, no. I don't. I usually have moods where I don't want to game or sit, and just end up browsing websites like Cracked and Reddit, reading shit that has no significance to my life.

Somehow time flies faster when I do that than anything else.

and just end up browsing websites like Cracked and Reddit

Cracked and Reddit

Reddit

Reddit.

Reddit........

Spoiler

You are so banned from the Escapiststuck memo. Your not my acquaintance anymore.

OT: Almost every night I just walk around my house doing nothing of importance. I usually just hang out and eat munchies and stuff. Wish my life had more meaning.

 

[SextusMaximus]

Try the entire Christmas holidays this year. Good times, totally did my revision and definitely didn't watch the same film 9 times over.

 

[Dfskelleton]

For me, this actually happens on a regular basis. It usually occurs around the time period of 6:00 in the afternoon, and then when I do decide to do something... lets just say I have some of my worst ideas ever. For example, the time I thought it would be a good idea to make strawberry jelly from scratch...

 

[Soluncreed]

I've done nothing but stare at my hand for over an hour. It was glorious. I tend to get like this when stressed, or just high on life. When doing nothing still feels like I'm doing something.

 

[tombman888]

Yes... all the time. Its really bad, as i should be doing more productfull things, but what am i gonna do about it? Nothing at all.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

I get it too! Which is why every evening I plan something to do every night before leaving work... Otherwise I literally will do nothing, just like you described!

Even if my only plan is to sit and read a book, at least it is premeditated. If I try and decide what to do when I am surrounded by stuff then I can't decide! Oh, such is life!

 

[Eventidal]

I regularly waste upwards of 15 minutes on a single post, often more, just to try to make a point
-to someone who I know won't be open to my words and will throw out my entire wall of well thought-out and double-checked text to rip apart one thing I kind-of said in a sentence in there.
-or, to nobody at all, because I'm absolutely sure nobody will even read my post.

It's happened time and time again, yet I keep doing it every day. And I constantly check back in, looking for new responses to my posts. I delve into comment sections for certain kinds of news articles and whatnot like a troll seeking out victims, yet my intentions could hardly be further from those. I find those posts that I knew beforehand would be there, single out a few that are almost identical in nature, and the most closed-minded, and start letting the paragraphs flow.
Sometimes I get a response. On rare occasions, I actually end up opening someone up just a bit. They appreciate my truthfulness and how I take all sides of an argument into consideration and don't treat things like a debate I'm trying to win, and that gets them to accept what I have to say. It doesn't happen much, but it always feels so good. Like I'm helping someone enjoy gaming just a bit more, making them a bit more open to new games and opinions.
I guess that's why I do it, but damn if it isn't the biggest waste of time, and I spend way too much of it just doing...
well, this. I'm doing it right now. Blathering on and wasting another 10 minutes of my life to type out another wall of text nobody ends up reading.

I have a rather addictive personality. I'm also very easily distracted. Too easily distracted to end up caring for long enough to seriously consider whether it's a mental disorder or not. Heh.
Damn good thing I haven't started going to Reddit or using StumbleUpon.

 

[SirDeadly]

I've been on holidays for two months now and it's becoming a regular occurrence...

 

[Cowabungaa]

Gods I hate moods like that, they make me feel so unproductive and, basically, like a bloody loser. And I have them a lot when shit gets tough.

 

[loc978]

Sometimes, when I have a day off, my back is killing me, I have nothing to read and no work to do in the yard... I'll stay in bed all day. It never helps, so I try not to indulge that impulse... but sometimes I just give up in the face of having a broken back.

 

[Al-Bundy-da-G]

I do that a lot, thats usually when I'm on Skype as I just can't be arsed to play a game or do anything.

Alas most of the time I have to do some work everyday so I can't say I'm very slothful at all

I know this is off-topic but aww. Look at little Garrus. Isn't he the cutest little PSA ever? I just wanna... NO MAN UP BUNDY NO GUSHING... I still wanna pinch his little cheek plates...

Actually I think that qualified as doing nothing.

 

[Sonicron]

Sure. Doesn't happen often, mind, but it does happen. It's quite comfortable, and if I actually have the time for it I indulge it; if I lack the drive to do anything something's most likely bugging me on a subconscious level, and I use the period of inactivity for calm introspection to try and solve the problem.

 

[Snotnarok]

No, never. After I moved 2 personal offices packed with art supplies up and down stairs to different rooms (or boxes) of the span of 2 days I sat down and worked on art.
I'm told workahaulics run in my family, I say bullshit they sprint in our family.

 

[manic_depressive13]

Yep, all the time. I don't notice how long I just sit there staring at nothing on these occasions because I always manage to drift off to sleep, even if it's mid afternoon and I'm not feeling tired beforehand.

 

[Dethenger]

I get that feeling sometimes. Somebody else mentioned that it kind of happens when you've just woken up from an awesome dream. I fucking hate that, because even if you manage to fall back asleep, it's rare the dream will continue for me. It's always some other goddamn dream.
If it happens when I'm awake, I usually just start looking up random shit on the internet. Like today, I read a ton about how honey is a good salve for a burn, how to apply it, and then day-dreamed a situation where that knowledge would actually come in handy. I do that a lot. It's a fantasy of mine to encounter a situation wherein the trivia I learn on the internet will actually come in handy.
I also learned how to roll a quarter down my knuckles and spin a card on my finger while in these kinds of states.

 

[Colour Scientist]

I always do it when I'm really stressed from a deadline. I just kind of shut off and sit staring into space for ages. It's not the most effective reaction.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I sometime have a similar experiences like this during the evenning.
I don't want to play game since it will keep me awake when I tried to sleep, I visited all the sites I wanted to check out and even if I check out a random site my bandwidth is getting too high. Also I have no channels on my TV so I can't watch anything and I have watch my dvd films way too many time.
So yeah bordom is quite common for me.

 

[FamoFunk]

Not necessarily doing nothing at all. But I do just sit on the laptop looking over the same hit for hours upon hours.