Why don’t we hang out anymore? The case for spending time together doing nothing with friends

Something is lost when busy lives forget how to simply enjoy one another’s company without having to sync calendars.

Sitting around doing nothing with friends has become harder in the age of calendar invites and aligned schedules. PHOTO: ST FILE
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I quite like doing nothing. It’s one of my hobbies. When people ask me what I want to do – granted, nobody really asks me this these days – I always say “anything”. And by “anything”, I mean “nothing”.

However, if there is one thing I like better than doing nothing, it is doing nothing with other people. Unfortunately, I am also finding it harder these days to find anyone willing to do nothing with me.

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