Doing nothing

Unlikely plans for the holidays

“Mahoning” (1956), Franz Kline

Occasionally I need a zero day. (Written about here previously.) A day to unwind, relax, be quiet. I associate the notion with this period in late December, when so many of us, if we’re lucky enough, get a chance to slow down.

At the same time, I resist it. I already find it tough to take zero days—I compose another to-do li…