After today, on Sundays I’ll be taking the day off, practicing being lazy. Creative Rest.

It’s not easy, sometimes, for hyperactive entrepreneurs to lie low.

I first began this practice after hearing about it from the zen master Thich Nhat Hanh.

“A Lazy Day,” says the information sheet at his monastery in Plum Village, France, “is a day for us to be truly with the day without any scheduled activities.

We just let the day unfold naturally, timelessly. It is a day in which we can practice as we like. We may do walking meditation on our own, or with a friend, or do sitting meditation in the forest.

We might like to read lightly, for pleasure, or write to family or a friend.

Sometimes, we may force ourselves too much, creating disharmony within and around us. On this day, we have a chance to balance ourselves.

We may recognize that we may simply need to rest or that we should practice more diligently.

A Lazy Day is a gift for us to enjoy, in our own time and space.