I wish I had a brilliant answer to this, but mostly I just scroll on my smart phone. I think at times, however, how the phone has gobbled up those quiet moments of just being with one’s self. Standing in line in various places. Sitting in a waiting room. One week, on NPR’s Wait…Wait… Don’t Tell Me, they discussed a video of a woman just sitting on a plane doing nothing – it went viral because people (including the woman’s daughter who filmed it) thought it was so weird for someone to just sit quietly. I teach at a Quaker school, so once a week I do have the chance to sit quietly with myself (and several hundred other students, faculty, and staff) during Meeting For Worship. And sometimes I just sit quietly in a waiting room. But there’s a certain beckon of my phone and all the things I can read on it. (EDIT: Oops, forgot to link to Long and Short Reviews, the hub of the challenge)
Ramblings 
It’s so true that the art of just being is one we’re losing much too quickly as a species. I enjoy just sitting, but I don’t like to be with my thoughts. I must try to just sit more often.
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Teaching at a Quaker school sounds really interesting!
And, yeah, we’re collectively losing the skill to sit and do nothing thanks to cellphones. It will be interesting to see how that continues to change society.
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That’s funny, I really don’t think of just sitting quietly as being all that unusual — but I suppose it is. It’s a perfectly good way to pass the time, though.
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I think of the ability to sit still as an adult thing, but that’s not the same as a *good* thing. Best to take something useful to do with any foreseeable down time.
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When I interviewed with the school, I was amazed by how well students sat through assemblies, and just set quietly with their own thoughts. I recognize what you mean about it being an adult thing, but I don’t think it’s just an adult thing. And I do think it can be a good thing if one can sit mindfully with one self. Post pandemic, I do see it harder for students.
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I really believe kids today are losing the ability to communicate effectively because they spend so much time living “virtually”. Quiet time and real conversations are so important.
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