Do Nothing in 30 Minutes?

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A lot of us don't know how to not do anything and just be eh. Do you have any tips for how to balance that, the really powerful and helpful structure of routine with the opportunity to use this time as a creative, exploratory tongue? Ye, i think one low hanging fruit way would be just a block off, maybe an hour, maybe more, of just open ended time. A lot of us get agitated when it's too still or too quiet, or we're not working on anything.

“What am I doing with my life? Where am I going?” During this isolated time, many of us are having to readjust our identities because our visions for what life was supposed to look like completely shifted -- and so perhaps has the locus of our self-worth. Dr. Meag-gan O'Reilly is a licensed Staff Psychologist at Stanford University's Counseling and Psychological Services. In this episode, she offers helpful frameworks for cultivating a life --and society-- that can better recognize the basic intrinsic value of each person. Dr. O’Reilly’s research interests focus on social class, college student mental health, resilience, and multicultural identities, particularly gender and ethnicity. She also operates a private practice in downtown Palo Alto, Inherent Value Psychology, in which she provides clinical services to Silicon Valley professionals. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman