Yesterday, I laid down on the couch under a blanket at 1pm. My housemate was like “lol you gonna nap?” I was like “lol no”. Napped for a whole hour. Whole hour.
update: I'm back. great content, 10/10. I had a day off from work scheduled for this Monday and had decided to cancel my day off because work is too busy right now. but now, guess whet? i ain't gon do.it. and now i'm going to bed. thanks cuzzo.
The best sleep I ever had was the day after I graduated, I cried myself to sleep because I was so happy I didn't have to go back to school... Little did I know.
Lendsey Johnson lol lol I worked overnights at a grocery store so after I went to graduation I went home and napped and then went to work all night. I remember the sadness when I arrived home from graduation and that was all the celebration I would get.
@@kayenjee i know im late for the party but fr, i spend more time with coworkers than with my family & friends and yall want me to go out and hang with coworkers? 👀 (Pre-covid ofc)
"Rest is not a reward for good behavior." My dad used to always give me flak because I'd take naps after "not doing anything". I still take afternoon naps everyday, and they still hit! The lighting and warmth are always so perfect.
Haha our mom's must have talked! Mine bought me a digital clock as soon as I learned numbers and told me I could only "win" on Saturday mornings if I woke her up exactly when it said one zero three zero. She slept in til 1030 each weekend til I was like six and I even volunteered to teach my brother when he was old enough. Genius...
neneski86 my parents did this too! They’d also pre measure our cereal and milk so we could grab a quick breakfast if we got hungry before they woke up!
I remember describing my daily tasks of my past job to a friend and she responded disparagingly that I didn't sound very BUSY. As if busyness of itself was meritorious. I am vehemently opposed to busyness...I am even more deeply opposed to the pride or validation that people attach to busyness (not to be confused with productivity) Just breathe people. Like dzang. Your life is valid....you are valid, and not because you can boast about being tired and occupied allatahm. We're human beings, not human doings. Quick question: where has all your busyness gotten you? Ohhh, that's what I thought. Stress and ulcerative colitis.
mucc55690 it makes the days off feel different huh? Like “I’m sharing this day off with most of the world today.” And the going to work the next day :,(:,(
"how annoying would I be if after being stuck in my own house for over a month I came out on the other side still tired" LOL this spoke to my soul! I'm not trying to be rundown still. yes to rest!
I came back home after a week long training conference and slept for more than 24 hours. I remember getting back home from the airport sometime in the afternoon, waking up once to go to the bathroom and not waking up again until DINNER the next day because I was getting hungry. Best sleep I ever had. When I tell yall I was tiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrreeeddt!
I saw someone posting about "how I'm staying busy" and I was like EXCUSE ME y'all complaining 24/7 about how "busy" you are, now you finally get a break so you're manufacturing your own busyness?? Whiyyyyyyy I'm a super low energy, easily overwhelmed person, so I always spend hella time resting, and hella time feeling guilty about it. The mandatory isolation has honestly been a relief (in this aspect) because I don't have to feel so guilty for sitting around doing "nothing" all day long. I'm still overwhelmed and anxious bc of all the uncertainty and, yknow, the pandemic, but the break from feeling like I need to be doing as many things as possible in order to be good or worthy or successful... is rad
Not bored, in fact in some ways busier than ever, but I have had opportunities to enjoy little things that wouldn't be possible if everything was "normal ".
I've just cleaned the whole house, including all the kitchen cabinets and fridge, and this video reminded me to stop and chill because HOW CAN I STILL BE TIRED WHEN IM STUCK IN MY OWN HOME??
I told myself there was no reason for me to come out of the stay home order tired. I have all the time to sleep and no reason not to. I kinda wish I had zoom calls, but at the same time recognize my blessing that I don’t have to be attached to my computer for any amount of the day. The best sleep I got recently was after I was outside on my back porch on a bright and sunny day. Woke up the next day like it was my first time sleeping in forever.
Boredom is actually essential to the human brain. There are studies that support this is the time your brain connects the information you've constantly absorbed. It helps you be more creative, helps you regulate your emotions. That's why meditation works so well
The best sleep I had was on the lap of my ex. The sun was shining on me and I felt his warmth. I felt save because he was watching over me, felt loved and was full of love for him. I am still not over this shitty breakup, oof
Booooored?! Not this inquisitive, only child who highly values her space! I'm so sorry for the global suffering that's taking place, but chiiiiile, I love how the pace of life has slowed down! Honestly, I'm probably TOO comfy being alone. I'm at the point where ppl checking on me can feel annoying lol. I do have the problem of consistently "shoulding" myself, though. I always think I "should" be trying to get things done before this quarantine ends. That makes it hard for me to actually enjoy my rest instead of feeling like I'm wasting time, but I'm working on it!
The best sleep I ever had was on a cruise. We had an inside room with no windows, so once the light went out it was pitch black. That plus the rocking of the ocean? It was a WRAP!
The best sleep I have ever gotten was last semester where I was pulling all-nighters to finish papers and projects without sleep for a day and a half. After I finished my classes I went straight to bed, it never felt soo good and it was the winter so you already know the sleep was hittin.
"Rest as the foundation of life", this makes me remember why I change industries and why I have no technology days/evenings...but my parents west indian DNA has me preparing for an interview online, and reading two non fiction books a week 🙄. Best sleep I ever had was 16hrs long, in my new memory foam bed, after my first expulsion from work, during a snow storm. They fired and then tried to rehire me in 24hrs, and I went to bed 😴😴😴.
The other day I was laying on a mat in my garden with some music in the background, but like high-beats music. Then I started feeling sleepy, and drifting away, and that made me realize that the best kind of naps where in my childhood at like « grown-ups Caribbean parties », with your parents/uncles/aunties/family-friends. As a child, you could fall asleep anywhere you want on the premises, with all kind of LOUD Caribbean music and laughter in the background, but some how, it’s soothing. I think the best feeling was the innocence and carefreeness with which you could just fall asleep anytime. NO MATTER WHAT, you WILL wake up in your bed in PJs the next morning. WHO will pick me up and tuck me in bed no matter where and when I fall asleep without waking me up, at THIS point in my life ? HUH?? Unscheduled and unexpected are the best kind of Naps ❤️
I am never bored. I could stare out the window for hours and putter the whole day away. Even though I'm still working from home, I haven't had this much time to myself since I was a kid, and though tragedy brought it about, I am appreciating it.
I’m like not bored but I’m not tired I’m in the in-between and it feels weird. Naps definitely do not be hitting because I barley sleep due to lack of activity so I’m just honestly... idk 😭
Exactly! I feel like dust. Basically just existing lol. I have been trying to draw near to the Lord during this time. So that's a plus. I've also given Anime a 3rd chance, so that's that lol.
When she said who's still buying clothes summer is canceled. I looked over at the 4 dresses I ordered. Im a live in nurse so its all I do is shop. Im part of the problem.
I’m not so much “bored” as unfulfilled. I have ME/CFS so I have really low capacity. I’m entertained and occupied but I’m also unemployed; I was unemployed before COVID and I’ve watched the job market fall before my eyes. It’s ruff.
I also lost my job a month or so before covid19 took effect.. now I'm hearing " your resume looks great but because of social distancing...." like everything is on standby so I totally understand
Shelby Nicole Yeah, it’s rough. In England we’re on total lockdown so my spirits are really down. Only places that are even open are supermarkets so idk where I’m supposed to be applying.
As someone who works a lot to help escape from my thoughts and emotions (eek...), this not working thing has my mind running through all types of scenarios where my life is either ruined, over or a mix of both. So my anxiety was mad high when this all started. I'm just trying not to use other escapes to help cope with the loss of work. I need to address my feelings instead of watching mad hours of Netflix in hopes to avoid them. So yeah, this has been a rough time lol
Yvonne Yukon some shows can be therapeutic (I.e. when I was in college, Grey’s Anatomy expressed feelings and sentiments I clearly had but didn’t know how to describe. It made me feel understood. It validated my feelings and showed me I’m not so alone or strange after all) but this whole post is very well articulated. I’ve definitely been where the original poster describes! Proud of you for your awareness 💗
Ciara you got this. Don’t deal with this on your own. Read or listen to an audiobook that helps you with navigating the things that bother. They’ve helped me so much, and there are plenty of helpful books on TH-cam. I recommend the Four Agreements and books of a similar genre
I think the take away is that it’s perfectly fine if you don’t emerge from this quarantine with a new skill, or have completed/created something. It’s ok to be still, it’s ok to be in solitude, it’s ok to do nothing. Rest isn’t a luxury it’s a necessity. You’d be surprised that in those moments of “boredom” is when inspiration occurs. Enjoy 🙌🏾
I'm in school in Taiwan and we don't have lockdown, but I'm self quaranting because of my asthma :( I been painting and forcing my teachers to let me have classes online lol. I am never bored , but If i do get bored I find a new skill to learn like knitting or programming in another language... Love your videos ❤️ and thanks for uplifting us black girls
This is literally what I’ve been saying to my friends on my stream that naps are amazing, especially during this time. I just got done with a family meeting after going to bed at 6am. Why you ask? Because I can and when will I ever get a chance to do this again? 😂 I know I’m not alone in this!
I'm bored af. Not bc I don't have the time to do stuff, but bc all the bad stuff of the world makes it feel like i cant access my good feelings and my desire to do stuff. like when i try to do a hobby or something it just makes me feel more sad. but sleep is great!
NO, I am not fortunate enough to be home and bored. And hearing people complaining about how bored they are is getting on my nerves a bit. But, I am lucky that I'm considered an essential worker and haven't lost my income like so many others have. So, "perspective". But, I recognize the lost opportunity to sit long enough and rest long enough to experience true reflection, I don't think you can do that in between 20min laundry wash cycles and meal prep for next days lunch. You need time for that. And my time mostly, is still not my own.
I love to rest but guilt free rest in hard!! Having to unlearn that my worth is not linked to productivity.? I currently on a sabbatical because I wanted out of the consultancy life for a while. This breaks means that I can really listen to my body and rest when my body naturally wants to. For the first to days of my cycle. I try to do nothing. Replace high intensity exercise for a walk, rather than listening to music or other external stimulus I check in with my body. I love how our menstrual cycle has a designated time to remind us to slow down.
Wow this one hit me different. I literally want to use every single minute of free time I have do something productive. I legit just posted a video about having a productive quarantine. This quarantine is teaching me that somewhere along this adulting journey, I have become a Type A personality.
Honestly I wish I didn't have school work right now, I don't get this productivity obsession I'm fine with doing nothing lol. I wish I had this "free time" everyone's been talking about to explore their hobbies and do all the things they never had time to do ! ^^ I'm never bored, I always have so many hobbies and things I want to study for fun ! (the only times I'm bored is when there's so many things I want to do but don't know what to choose so I get restless) but oh no still gotta write that essay..
The best sleep I ever had was after coming home from a five day camp, I did not sleep very well there as you can imagine so when I got to my own bed I was out for a good 12+ hours 🛌😴
I work in biotech and am still going into the lab/constantly having to prove I’m doing work from home to keep the lay offs far away from us.. not gonna lie everything feels 10x harder right now.. so there was one day where I climbed back into my beautifully made bed instead and took a looong nap (I NEVER nap!) it was just what the doctor ordered. I really like your idea of putting rest first, I often get to work later because I know if I was to get up earlier I would not be rested and thus waaayyy less productive so it’s just not worth it. Get that sleep first! (But any tips on getting to bed earlier? I’m still bad at putting that responsibility on future-me instead of present-me) Love you 😴
I’m so salty that I don’t get the ability to “take a break” right now and I’m just as busy as usual. Had to take all last week off so I didn’t lose my mind lol
I had this 3 days of jus one continuous dream when I could turn into a dragon and I was in a contest with a pixie to become the next American Dragon. We was racing around New York collecting floating gold tokens lol shit was awesome plus I was lucid so I knew it was a dream n I just did what I want and the sleep was so damn omg
Nope, not bored at all. Doing all the things I'd sit at work wishing I could do (all the things at my house anyway). Sleeping with no alarm set to wake me up, catching up with friends, cooking, eating, cleaning, reading, getting my TH-cam education (for example: learned how to paint my nails with light colored polish & not get streaks or brush marks🙌) and the list goes on. I reflect & give thanks everyday that so far most of my friends & family are alive and well. I'm gonna soak up all this unexpected "free time" & hopefully come out well rested & ready to face whatever happens next. P.S. Idk why but I always have THE BEST naps when I watch old Godzilla movies. Every.Time. Weird but true😅
I'm working from home, but I have such a hard time falling asleep at night. I tried taking a lunch break nap and just ended up crying in my bed. 😩 Hope everyone else is having more successful rest.
Not bored at all. I've been doing things just for fun, and also accepted doing nothing(and being ok with it) about 3 weeks ago and let me tell you.. them voluntary afternoon naps?? BOMB AF🙌🏽🙌🏽
Definitely not bored. I quit a job got another job within a week. Work over nights, sleep all day, go for a run, make dinner, read a few chapters of a book I’m currently obsessed with then head to work. I wish I could sleep more, honestly lol
The deepest, bestest, most hittinest sleep in my opinion are those when you wake up and you’re low key scared cause you don’t know where you are. That sleep that made you forget time and place lol 😂😴🥴
I'm not bored. I'm well practiced at doing "nothing". I've been taking this time to spend with my husband and doing activities together like gardening, sports, learning a language, cooking. I feel like it's time well spent. I want to come out of all of this with something positive. I wish everyone a happy, possibly nap-filled day. 💜
Moms with the spa trick... the realest finesse! 😆 Best sleep of my life was after graduation, I may have slept for 10hrs daily, for about two weeks. Now, when you said, “What if rest was the non-negotiable in your life?”, I had to pause and really think about that. Yep, naps/resting is so important. How else can we do the things want to do?
haha, i love the amount of fun you're having will that muppet! and to answer your question: the best sleep i've had, was a nap. i nap almost every day, hahaha #NapGang
Lol thank you for this! I've been home for the past month and I found myself restless at first because I felt that I was wasting time by not doing anything. Now I've settled into it better and try not to be so hard on myself (I too have wonderful afternoon naps now)
this video feels like old youtube! the jumpcuts, the creativity, the weightlessness, the genuine good spin on a life situation your side of the internet is so fun, cousin!!!!!!!!!!!
Best nap of my life was years ago at St. Paul's carnival in Bristol. My friend's flat was right near the route so mid-afternoon we went back to her place for a break and even though her neighbour had speakers in the front yard so loud the bass was shaking the windows, we'd all had juuuust enough red stripe and sunshine that 4 of us fell asleep in a pile on her bed. Woke up an hour later ready for round two. The Absolute Best.
As a teacher who's been working 11 hour days to convert a curriculum designed for a brick built class room into an online platform parents can interpret for their children, boredom hasn't entered my home. After our final Zoom meeting to kickoff spring break, I went to bed, fam; rest, lawd. 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
We're kindred spirits! I'm NEVER bored. Then again, I don't nap. I just have fun things to do, even if it's just writing in my journal. Love your creative self-expression, Evelyn!
It's almost like God came up with this entire idea, and then named it Sabbath. And then we ruined it by not taking a Sabbath... wow. Thanks for the encouragement, Evelyn. You're doing God's work
I’m not bored! I have two kids to entertain and they are requiring lots of meals and snacks, and then more snacks and an additional meal after that then they ask what they can eat next. Did I mention that they’re eating a whole lot? But I’m not complaining...I’m enjoying a break from the hustle and grind of life’s demands. Taking this opportunity to bond more as a family unit. 😉
OMG so many people I know need this! Rest is not a luxury, 100%! Rest is important. Rest is badass! I wish I was bored! So many people talking about all their free time and I feel like I'm drowning in work (both paid and voluntary). I extended my planned holiday from 3 days to a week though so roll on next weekend and my whole week of rest!
I don’t think I’ve been bored since middle school. I’m grateful I now have the time for all the projects I want to get done and finally catch up on sleep. Also I work in healthcare so I’ve got plenty to do!
I worked on 300 piece puzzle today while listening to Jill Scott in my robe today. It was SO relaxing and fun! I took a break to watch a movie. This is my version of doing nothing.
I used to work with a lady who took a nap religiously after work from 4-6p and still got in the bed at 10pm. I thought she was a freak of nature; but, this quarantine has opened my eyes to joys of a good ol' afternoon nap.
i wish you a mid-day nap IN JESUS NAME
I receive. hallelujah.
now let me quit playing and watch the video since you only posted it like 9 seconds ago.
This part 🙌🏽
Yesterday, I laid down on the couch under a blanket at 1pm. My housemate was like “lol you gonna nap?” I was like “lol no”. Napped for a whole hour. Whole hour.
update: I'm back. great content, 10/10. I had a day off from work scheduled for this Monday and had decided to cancel my day off because work is too busy right now. but now, guess whet? i ain't gon do.it. and now i'm going to bed. thanks cuzzo.
Evelyn is my internet therapist, professor, and comedic entertainment. she has the range! be blessed!
Right
The best sleep I ever had was the day after I graduated, I cried myself to sleep because I was so happy I didn't have to go back to school... Little did I know.
Lendsey Johnson lol lol I worked overnights at a grocery store so after I went to graduation I went home and napped and then went to work all night. I remember the sadness when I arrived home from graduation and that was all the celebration I would get.
Omg will I cry too?!? I’ll find out in two weeks
I didn’t even care enough anymore to cry. Just slept almost 10+ hrs a day for two weeks from all the sleep deprevation.
"Don't nobody wanna log on for a company happy hour via zoom" WHEWWW SOMEBODY TOUCH AND AGREE!!!!!!! Finally! someone understands!
I felt that one in my soul. I still got that zoom invite sitting unread, 1 month later.
I didn't like company happy hour or any company sanctioned social events pre-COVID19. 🤷🏽♀️
@@kayenjee i know im late for the party but fr, i spend more time with coworkers than with my family & friends and yall want me to go out and hang with coworkers? 👀 (Pre-covid ofc)
"Rest is not a reward for good behavior." My dad used to always give me flak because I'd take naps after "not doing anything".
I still take afternoon naps everyday, and they still hit! The lighting and warmth are always so perfect.
jackhappens I love naps so much because they are healthier than a cup of coffee but capitalism told us otherwise!
I love that... “what if REST was the foundation of your life?” Great advice
I was today years old when I learned that a Nap Bishop existed. I needed to learn it.
"First of all, I can fly" I believe you
Haha our mom's must have talked! Mine bought me a digital clock as soon as I learned numbers and told me I could only "win" on Saturday mornings if I woke her up exactly when it said one zero three zero. She slept in til 1030 each weekend til I was like six and I even volunteered to teach my brother when he was old enough. Genius...
neneski86 taking notes...
neneski86 my parents did this too! They’d also pre measure our cereal and milk so we could grab a quick breakfast if we got hungry before they woke up!
Taking notes lol
This is gold 😂
@@angelaspruill9963 Lol mine did too!
I remember describing my daily tasks of my past job to a friend and she responded disparagingly that I didn't sound very BUSY. As if busyness of itself was meritorious.
I am vehemently opposed to busyness...I am even more deeply opposed to the pride or validation that people attach to busyness (not to be confused with productivity)
Just breathe people. Like dzang. Your life is valid....you are valid, and not because you can boast about being tired and occupied allatahm.
We're human beings, not human doings.
Quick question: where has all your busyness gotten you? Ohhh, that's what I thought. Stress and ulcerative colitis.
Portrait of Asha lol wrinkles and diarrhea
Human doings. Whewww i felt that
@@chelseashurmantine8153 hair loss and stiff neck
Thank you I always feel guilted for not always doing more.
I'm low-key jelly of people working from home. I work for an essential industry and have been going to work. I want to be bored!!
@mucc55690 saaaaammme😭
mucc55690 it makes the days off feel different huh? Like “I’m sharing this day off with most of the world today.” And the going to work the next day :,(:,(
Well I work from home but my hours increased. I also want to be bored too.
Working from home is different. Definitely not better, just different.
Me as well. I just wanna be home, for a full day, not working for a company, so I can deep clean my house
I do "nothing" EXTREMELY well. 🙌🏾
It's a gift.
The thing I like most about Evelyn is she preaches without ever coming off as preachy 🙌🏽
"how annoying would I be if after being stuck in my own house for over a month I came out on the other side still tired" LOL this spoke to my soul! I'm not trying to be rundown still. yes to rest!
I just heard a zoom sermon about intentionally seeking silence in the day then this dropped. God is not so subtly dropping hints lol
😲🤩 I love that!! Intentionally seeking silence mm mm mmmm that's awesome
Can you comment the link please, girl?! That sounds like it could be helpful!
I intentionally seek and demand silence. I love it!
Brooke Hunter right!!
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Nah but foreal
Them mid-day naps be hitting differentttttttt
Life changing 🙌🏽
Factsssssass
It’s almost mandatory ... essential if you will!!!😆😩
Say that again... had one yesterday with my 3 year old. Good Lord it was heavenly.
Hey man... I’m just trying to roast these sweet potatoes.
I came back home after a week long training conference and slept for more than 24 hours. I remember getting back home from the airport sometime in the afternoon, waking up once to go to the bathroom and not waking up again until DINNER the next day because I was getting hungry.
Best sleep I ever had. When I tell yall I was tiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrreeeddt!
I saw someone posting about "how I'm staying busy" and I was like EXCUSE ME y'all complaining 24/7 about how "busy" you are, now you finally get a break so you're manufacturing your own busyness?? Whiyyyyyyy
I'm a super low energy, easily overwhelmed person, so I always spend hella time resting, and hella time feeling guilty about it. The mandatory isolation has honestly been a relief (in this aspect) because I don't have to feel so guilty for sitting around doing "nothing" all day long. I'm still overwhelmed and anxious bc of all the uncertainty and, yknow, the pandemic, but the break from feeling like I need to be doing as many things as possible in order to be good or worthy or successful... is rad
Yesterday my total sleep time including naps was 15hrs...and that my friends is an accomplishment. Best sleep of my life.
Not bored, in fact in some ways busier than ever, but I have had opportunities to enjoy little things that wouldn't be possible if everything was "normal ".
I've just cleaned the whole house, including all the kitchen cabinets and fridge, and this video reminded me to stop and chill because HOW CAN I STILL BE TIRED WHEN IM STUCK IN MY OWN HOME??
I cleaned my entire apartment today (except the dinning area 😅) because I was getting irritated about not doing my spring cleaning before quarantine.
I absolutely love being bored. 😭 The ability to be able to do nothing is a skill not a lot of people have.
I told myself there was no reason for me to come out of the stay home order tired. I have all the time to sleep and no reason not to. I kinda wish I had zoom calls, but at the same time recognize my blessing that I don’t have to be attached to my computer for any amount of the day. The best sleep I got recently was after I was outside on my back porch on a bright and sunny day. Woke up the next day like it was my first time sleeping in forever.
Every new Evelyn video is A GIFT 🙌🙌🙌
☝🏾
😂 Mom was definitely a genius.
And thank you SO SO MUCH for introducing me to the Nap Ministry. 🙏🏽
Boredom is actually essential to the human brain. There are studies that support this is the time your brain connects the information you've constantly absorbed. It helps you be more creative, helps you regulate your emotions. That's why meditation works so well
The best sleep I had was on the lap of my ex. The sun was shining on me and I felt his warmth. I felt save because he was watching over me, felt loved and was full of love for him.
I am still not over this shitty breakup, oof
Booooored?! Not this inquisitive, only child who highly values her space! I'm so sorry for the global suffering that's taking place, but chiiiiile, I love how the pace of life has slowed down! Honestly, I'm probably TOO comfy being alone. I'm at the point where ppl checking on me can feel annoying lol. I do have the problem of consistently "shoulding" myself, though. I always think I "should" be trying to get things done before this quarantine ends. That makes it hard for me to actually enjoy my rest instead of feeling like I'm wasting time, but I'm working on it!
The best sleep I ever had was on a cruise. We had an inside room with no windows, so once the light went out it was pitch black. That plus the rocking of the ocean? It was a WRAP!
The best sleep I have ever gotten was last semester where I was pulling all-nighters to finish papers and projects without sleep for a day and a half. After I finished my classes I went straight to bed, it never felt soo good and it was the winter so you already know the sleep was hittin.
"Naps on a hundit " facts
I am enjoying this time of "doing nothing." I can actually hear my thoughts and journal in a relaxed state of mind.
My classes have been switched to online, so I now feel double stressed.
Bored..... I am not.
Panicking..... I am.
Same
"Rest as the foundation of life", this makes me remember why I change industries and why I have no technology days/evenings...but my parents west indian DNA has me preparing for an interview online, and reading two non fiction books a week 🙄.
Best sleep I ever had was 16hrs long, in my new memory foam bed, after my first expulsion from work, during a snow storm. They fired and then tried to rehire me in 24hrs, and I went to bed 😴😴😴.
The other day I was laying on a mat in my garden with some music in the background, but like high-beats music. Then I started feeling sleepy, and drifting away, and that made me realize that the best kind of naps where in my childhood at like « grown-ups Caribbean parties », with your parents/uncles/aunties/family-friends. As a child, you could fall asleep anywhere you want on the premises, with all kind of LOUD Caribbean music and laughter in the background, but some how, it’s soothing. I think the best feeling was the innocence and carefreeness with which you could just fall asleep anytime. NO MATTER WHAT, you WILL wake up in your bed in PJs the next morning. WHO will pick me up and tuck me in bed no matter where and when I fall asleep without waking me up, at THIS point in my life ? HUH?? Unscheduled and unexpected are the best kind of Naps ❤️
Im bored...but I got homework to do...but im bored
I am never bored. I could stare out the window for hours and putter the whole day away. Even though I'm still working from home, I haven't had this much time to myself since I was a kid, and though tragedy brought it about, I am appreciating it.
I’m like not bored but I’m not tired I’m in the in-between and it feels weird. Naps definitely do not be hitting because I barley sleep due to lack of activity so I’m just honestly... idk 😭
I feel you so hard. I can't get enough clarity to be bored. I feel numb and like, frozen? Like something half defrosted.
Kitty Horrible well you haven't lost your wit and way with words so there's Hope for you yet.n
I feeeeel you! The only thing tiring me out is my procrastination; all the things I could and should but not be doing be hanging heavy, lol
Surprisingly, I understand this and feel the exact same way.
Exactly! I feel like dust. Basically just existing lol. I have been trying to draw near to the Lord during this time. So that's a plus. I've also given Anime a 3rd chance, so that's that lol.
When she said who's still buying clothes summer is canceled. I looked over at the 4 dresses I ordered. Im a live in nurse so its all I do is shop. Im part of the problem.
Please make a video with the puppet next!
I’m not so much “bored” as unfulfilled. I have ME/CFS so I have really low capacity. I’m entertained and occupied but I’m also unemployed; I was unemployed before COVID and I’ve watched the job market fall before my eyes. It’s ruff.
And yes, I been sleeping to pass the time. I was rambling about this on insta the other day.
OMG SAME HERE!!!!
really relate to this. Been dealing with fibro for the past 10 years.
I also lost my job a month or so before covid19 took effect.. now I'm hearing " your resume looks great but because of social distancing...." like everything is on standby so I totally understand
Shelby Nicole Yeah, it’s rough. In England we’re on total lockdown so my spirits are really down. Only places that are even open are supermarkets so idk where I’m supposed to be applying.
As someone who works a lot to help escape from my thoughts and emotions (eek...), this not working thing has my mind running through all types of scenarios where my life is either ruined, over or a mix of both. So my anxiety was mad high when this all started. I'm just trying not to use other escapes to help cope with the loss of work. I need to address my feelings instead of watching mad hours of Netflix in hopes to avoid them. So yeah, this has been a rough time lol
Oof, same.
Ciara Girl, go ahead and watch yourself some Netflix. It might help you put all that worrying in perspective.
How will watching put things in perspective???
Yvonne Yukon some shows can be therapeutic (I.e. when I was in college, Grey’s Anatomy expressed feelings and sentiments I clearly had but didn’t know how to describe. It made me feel understood. It validated my feelings and showed me I’m not so alone or strange after all) but this whole post is very well articulated. I’ve definitely been where the original poster describes! Proud of you for your awareness 💗
Ciara you got this. Don’t deal with this on your own. Read or listen to an audiobook that helps you with navigating the things that bother. They’ve helped me so much, and there are plenty of helpful books on TH-cam. I recommend the Four Agreements and books of a similar genre
I think the take away is that it’s perfectly fine if you don’t emerge from this quarantine with a new skill, or have completed/created something.
It’s ok to be still, it’s ok to be in solitude, it’s ok to do nothing. Rest isn’t a luxury it’s a necessity. You’d be surprised that in those moments of “boredom” is when inspiration occurs. Enjoy 🙌🏾
I'm in school in Taiwan and we don't have lockdown, but I'm self quaranting because of my asthma :( I been painting and forcing my teachers to let me have classes online lol. I am never bored , but If i do get bored I find a new skill to learn like knitting or programming in another language... Love your videos ❤️ and thanks for uplifting us black girls
loving and missing Taiwan omg
This is literally what I’ve been saying to my friends on my stream that naps are amazing, especially during this time. I just got done with a family meeting after going to bed at 6am. Why you ask? Because I can and when will I ever get a chance to do this again? 😂 I know I’m not alone in this!
I'm bored af. Not bc I don't have the time to do stuff, but bc all the bad stuff of the world makes it feel like i cant access my good feelings and my desire to do stuff. like when i try to do a hobby or something it just makes me feel more sad. but sleep is great!
This was an entire word. Needed to hear it really badly, thank you :)
👀 am I the only one that purposely avoid her vids to be able to binge watch them with the greatest amount of pleasure? 🥴 no?
🌾👀🌾 now this is weird.
I need a recording of Evelyn’s laugh to play on a loop when I’m depressed, instant happiness 🥰
NO, I am not fortunate enough to be home and bored. And hearing people complaining about how bored they are is getting on my nerves a bit. But, I am lucky that I'm considered an essential worker and haven't lost my income like so many others have. So, "perspective". But, I recognize the lost opportunity to sit long enough and rest long enough to experience true reflection, I don't think you can do that in between 20min laundry wash cycles and meal prep for next days lunch. You need time for that. And my time mostly, is still not my own.
I love to rest but guilt free rest in hard!! Having to unlearn that my worth is not linked to productivity.?
I currently on a sabbatical because I wanted out of the consultancy life for a while.
This breaks means that I can really listen to my body and rest when my body naturally wants to. For the first to days of my cycle. I try to do nothing.
Replace high intensity exercise for a walk, rather than listening to music or other external stimulus I check in with my body.
I love how our menstrual cycle has a designated time to remind us to slow down.
You’re right. I could never be bored with my creative mind.
I wish I was bored 😂 I miss being bored man 🤦🏾♀️ working from home has been a trap for real sis
Wow this one hit me different. I literally want to use every single minute of free time I have do something productive. I legit just posted a video about having a productive quarantine. This quarantine is teaching me that somewhere along this adulting journey, I have become a Type A personality.
Honestly I wish I didn't have school work right now, I don't get this productivity obsession I'm fine with doing nothing lol. I wish I had this "free time" everyone's been talking about to explore their hobbies and do all the things they never had time to do ! ^^ I'm never bored, I always have so many hobbies and things I want to study for fun ! (the only times I'm bored is when there's so many things I want to do but don't know what to choose so I get restless) but oh no still gotta write that essay..
The best sleep I ever had was after coming home from a five day camp, I did not sleep very well there as you can imagine so when I got to my own bed I was out for a good 12+ hours 🛌😴
I work in biotech and am still going into the lab/constantly having to prove I’m doing work from home to keep the lay offs far away from us.. not gonna lie everything feels 10x harder right now.. so there was one day where I climbed back into my beautifully made bed instead and took a looong nap (I NEVER nap!) it was just what the doctor ordered.
I really like your idea of putting rest first, I often get to work later because I know if I was to get up earlier I would not be rested and thus waaayyy less productive so it’s just not worth it. Get that sleep first! (But any tips on getting to bed earlier? I’m still bad at putting that responsibility on future-me instead of present-me)
Love you 😴
I literally slept so much today I forgot who I was. Not going to lie I wish I was bored by choice and not by circumstance
I can't say it often enough: I love you. Love the way you call things by their name. 🙌
I’m so salty that I don’t get the ability to “take a break” right now and I’m just as busy as usual. Had to take all last week off so I didn’t lose my mind lol
Nicole P yup
So I'm a essential worker and I wish I could be home working on zoom!
❤️❤️ This is why I’m subscribed to your channel
I had this 3 days of jus one continuous dream when I could turn into a dragon and I was in a contest with a pixie to become the next American Dragon. We was racing around New York collecting floating gold tokens lol shit was awesome plus I was lucid so I knew it was a dream n I just did what I want and the sleep was so damn omg
Not bored just accustomed to routine
Nope, not bored at all. Doing all the things I'd sit at work wishing I could do (all the things at my house anyway). Sleeping with no alarm set to wake me up, catching up with friends, cooking, eating, cleaning, reading, getting my TH-cam education (for example: learned how to paint my nails with light colored polish & not get streaks or brush marks🙌) and the list goes on. I reflect & give thanks everyday that so far most of my friends & family are alive and well. I'm gonna soak up all this unexpected "free time" & hopefully come out well rested & ready to face whatever happens next. P.S. Idk why but I always have THE BEST naps when I watch old Godzilla movies. Every.Time. Weird but true😅
I'm working from home, but I have such a hard time falling asleep at night. I tried taking a lunch break nap and just ended up crying in my bed. 😩 Hope everyone else is having more successful rest.
Not bored at all. I've been doing things just for fun, and also accepted doing nothing(and being ok with it) about 3 weeks ago and let me tell you.. them voluntary afternoon naps?? BOMB AF🙌🏽🙌🏽
Definitely not bored. I quit a job got another job within a week. Work over nights, sleep all day, go for a run, make dinner, read a few chapters of a book I’m currently obsessed with then head to work. I wish I could sleep more, honestly lol
I slept through a whole zoom call it was freeing they sent a follow up email got all I needed #couldvebeenanemail
HOW DID YOU KNOW!? I legit put my laptop setting so the screen never turns off and I appear online while I take a nap after lunch. 🤭🤫
I should be working on school applications
The deepest, bestest, most hittinest sleep in my opinion are those when you wake up and you’re low key scared cause you don’t know where you are. That sleep that made you forget time and place lol 😂😴🥴
I'm not bored. I'm well practiced at doing "nothing". I've been taking this time to spend with my husband and doing activities together like gardening, sports, learning a language, cooking. I feel like it's time well spent. I want to come out of all of this with something positive. I wish everyone a happy, possibly nap-filled day. 💜
Moms with the spa trick... the realest finesse! 😆 Best sleep of my life was after graduation, I may have slept for 10hrs daily, for about two weeks.
Now, when you said, “What if rest was the non-negotiable in your life?”, I had to pause and really think about that. Yep, naps/resting is so important. How else can we do the things want to do?
haha, i love the amount of fun you're having will that muppet!
and to answer your question: the best sleep i've had, was a nap. i nap almost every day, hahaha #NapGang
I'm not bored! I'm working on ME. I'm working on how I can contribute to our world to make it better and that gives me purpose, gratitude, and joy.
Mannn those naps between classes in college was a hit!
I....went on a search for a blanket...and then I woke up. Took a nap I didnt even know I needed. It was amazing
Watching this video after sleeping in til 11a is just *chef's kiss*
Lol thank you for this! I've been home for the past month and I found myself restless at first because I felt that I was wasting time by not doing anything. Now I've settled into it better and try not to be so hard on myself (I too have wonderful afternoon naps now)
I used to fall asleep in my colleges study hall. I’m talking sprawled out two couch seats pulled together type naps. Woooooeee changed my life
this video feels like old youtube!
the jumpcuts, the creativity, the weightlessness, the genuine good spin on a life situation
your side of the internet is so fun, cousin!!!!!!!!!!!
Best nap of my life was years ago at St. Paul's carnival in Bristol. My friend's flat was right near the route so mid-afternoon we went back to her place for a break and even though her neighbour had speakers in the front yard so loud the bass was shaking the windows, we'd all had juuuust enough red stripe and sunshine that 4 of us fell asleep in a pile on her bed. Woke up an hour later ready for round two. The Absolute Best.
As a teacher who's been working 11 hour days to convert a curriculum designed for a brick built class room into an online platform parents can interpret for their children, boredom hasn't entered my home. After our final Zoom meeting to kickoff spring break, I went to bed, fam; rest, lawd.
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
I'm not bored, I'm overwhelmed!
I can’t be bored. There’s too much TH-cam to do. 🤷🏽♀️
We're kindred spirits! I'm NEVER bored. Then again, I don't nap. I just have fun things to do, even if it's just writing in my journal. Love your creative self-expression, Evelyn!
I’ve chosen boredom over productivity every weekend since this mess started. I am happy that I have that guilt free choice.
"Nobody wants to be logged onto Slack right now"
It's almost like God came up with this entire idea, and then named it Sabbath. And then we ruined it by not taking a Sabbath... wow. Thanks for the encouragement, Evelyn. You're doing God's work
Why the heck am I just discovering this channel??!? TH-cam update your algorithm this woman is gold.
I’m not bored! I have two kids to entertain and they are requiring lots of meals and snacks, and then more snacks and an additional meal after that then they ask what they can eat next. Did I mention that they’re eating a whole lot? But I’m not complaining...I’m enjoying a break from the hustle and grind of life’s demands. Taking this opportunity to bond more as a family unit. 😉
Slept in til like 11, napped mid afternoon bc that’s my business. Also capital F slack!!!!
I can always BE BORED!!!! YES !!!! We don't always need to be busy
OMG so many people I know need this! Rest is not a luxury, 100%! Rest is important. Rest is badass!
I wish I was bored! So many people talking about all their free time and I feel like I'm drowning in work (both paid and voluntary). I extended my planned holiday from 3 days to a week though so roll on next weekend and my whole week of rest!
I don’t think I’ve been bored since middle school. I’m grateful I now have the time for all the projects I want to get done and finally catch up on sleep. Also I work in healthcare so I’ve got plenty to do!
I worked on 300 piece puzzle today while listening to Jill Scott in my robe today. It was SO relaxing and fun! I took a break to watch a movie. This is my version of doing nothing.
I used to work with a lady who took a nap religiously after work from 4-6p and still got in the bed at 10pm. I thought she was a freak of nature; but, this quarantine has opened my eyes to joys of a good ol' afternoon nap.