gaze at navel

gaze at/contemplate your navel

(humorous)

to spend too much time thinking about yourself and your own problems

Usage notes: Your navel is the small round piece of skin in the middle of your stomach.

I read his novel, and thought the man's obviously spent far too long contemplating his own navel.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hopkin	HAHP-kin	Medieval English
Yekonyah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Roman	rah-MAHN (Russian), RAW-mahn (Polish)	Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, Croatian, German
Valens	-	Ancient Roman
Buenaventura	bwe-nah-ven-TOOR-ah	Spanish
Glendower	-	Welsh