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Niksen is a Dutch verb which means "doing nothing", [1] [2] which can be roughly translated as "to nothing". [3] It has been explored as a method to combat work-related health problems such as stress and burnout. This concept is the focus of a book by Olga Mecking entitled Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing, published in 2021 ...
Busy work (also known as make-work and busywork) is an activity that is undertaken to pass time and stay busy but in and of itself has little or no actual value. Busy work occurs in business, military and other settings, in situations where people may be required to be present but may lack the opportunities, skills or need to do something more ...
Busy Doing Nothing may refer to: "Busy Doing Nothing", a song by Bing Crosby on the soundtrack of the film A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 1949 "Busy Doing Nothing", a song by Japanese singer Crystal Kay , her US debut
"It shows that—while you may not be able to do whatever it is right now—you are interested in doing this or helping this person." 5. "I'll be right with you."
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
Visitors to Los Angeles' Getty Villa, modeled after the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, get a glimpse of otium as experienced at an ancient Roman villa. Otium is a Latin abstract term which has a variety of meanings, including leisure time for "self-realization activities" [1] such as eating, playing, relaxing, contemplation, and academic endeavors.
"Busy Doin' Nothin'" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1968 album Friends. Written by Brian Wilson , the lyrics reflect the minutiae of his daily social and business life, while the music, Wilson said, was inspired by " bossa nova in general".
Ephemeralization, a term coined by R. Buckminster Fuller in 1938, is the ability of technological advancement to do "more and more with less and less until eventually you can do everything with nothing," that is, an accelerating increase in the efficiency of achieving the same or more output (products, services, information, etc.) while requiring less input (effort, time, materials, resources ...