Do Nothing Assignment

This weekend, our assignment in sociology was to go to a place and do nothing for ten straight minutes. So I chose to go to Hawthorne mall and go into one of my favorite stores, American Eagle. Since our society is all about time. How much time we have?, what time the class is over?, how much time will it take to get there?, time time time; its all about time to us in America. We never take the time to stop and think and relax our minds. So in American Eagle, I stood by the entrance corner and took ten minutes to clear my head. During the first few minutes, I felt very unsure of myself and uneasy. People were staring you could tell they were thinking "does she have special needs or something"? I feel like people would either judge me and stare or just not even notice me and act like I didn't exist. After I got over the first few minutes though, I felt more at ease with myself. I started liking the experience and my mind went totally blank. It was like a rush of people all around me, moving so fast in and out of the store. I was the only one who just stood there and took the time to make my mind at ease. For the first time in my life, my mind went blank. I can finally say I took out ten minutes of my life to do absolutely nothing.