Nothing.

Nothing. No one. Standing in the middle of a public space, doing nothing, felt beyond odd. I wasn't bored, I have a talent for entertaining my mind when nothing is going on, but it was almost as if I went unnoticed. I stood in the mall for 10 minutes doing absolutely nothing. No phone. No iPod. No talking. Just standing. I'm not sure what exactly I'm supposed to do for this assignment, so I guess I will just blab about what happened and what I noticed.

Throughout the entire 10 minutes, I went basically unnoticed. A few people passed glances at me or shot looks at the wierdo standing alone in the middle of the mall, but other than that people just passed, only really looking at me if they were about to run into me. It was like standing in New York City where everybody is too busy to stop and look around at the people and places they are passing by, except I was in the suburbs of Chicago. I guess this was a good lesson to experience. People should take more time to enjoy those simple moments in life, to just breath. I think that everybody in today's society are so caught up in the latest technology, newest design, and most expensive car, that we don't stop to appreciate the abilities we have and the beautiful things we can see with this new technology. So many people don't even talk face to face anymore. How many girls have had their hearts broken over text because their significant other can't gather enough courage to break up with her and see her reaction. Although it may seem like a lot, this is what I got out of doing nothing for 10 minutes.

As for my wandering thoughts during those brief 10 minutes, I began to notice the minor details that would have blown right past my brain had I been speed walking to the next sale rack. I saw the loving gaze of the old man staring at his wife and the way two young siblings laughed with each other without a care in the world. I noticed so much more than I normally would have, and than anyone around me. No matter how uncomfortable I felt in the first few slow, agonizing minutes, as my mind adjusted it was almost fun doing nothing.