off is Tuesday becomes 'the first work day'. Yeah, I'm like the elephant choking on a gnat; just how big a problem is this day off, really?
Actually, since I'm practicing for not going back to work--you'll hear a lot about this phenomenon as the weeks pass--I'm learning things from days off.
For instance, based on behavior experienced over the holidays (multiple days 'off') I could easily become a slug slowly dissolving into the sofa. Ugly pic, huh. When you have nothing to do, you do nothing. OK, make that I, not you.
Truthfully, there is something to do; but none of it is pressing or based on necessity. Now that's not a bad place to be, EXCEPT one begins to feel, like Janice sang, 'freedom's just another word for nothing left to do; freedom ain't worth nothing if it's free.'
As a wise person shared with me recently, you need a reason to get up and put on a face and go out in the world (paraphrased). Indeed, you do. And, from my experience, it should be something other than appointments.
Thus enters the concept of work or, at least, activity that could mean something. Let's see, there's gardening, home repair & improvement, travel, reading, watching movies, visiting with friends locally or away .... that seems to be completely all about ME. What if I did something that benefitted someone else?
The spirit's willing (mostly) but the flesh is weak (mostly). I'm not completely new to the idea of volunteering; I've served in my past on the board of a social service agency and volunteered time and effort with some non-profits. I read somewhere once upon a time 'you can do a lot of good in the world if you don't care who gets the credit.' No doubt in my mind that's true, and I think it's OK with me.
And the problem? Don't know what I want to do. The inquiry will continue until answers are found.
Things may have a short shelf life: driving past a local garden shop this a.m. and noticed sleds hanging from their fence. Let's see, temperature's in the 50's and the moisture that's falling is rain. Wonder how many kids sled in the mud ....
My kids gave me a Nook for Christmas. A lot of what I've been doing as I was becoming one with the sofa, was reading, playing, emailing, web searching on my Nook. It is fun. The Chihuahua doesn't like it; she wants me to have eyes and hands only for her; while I can hold a book with one hand, it's hard to use a Nook with one.
One of the apps I downloaded is a NYC Guide. I'm saving for a trip to NYC in the not-too-distant future and am enjoying perusing the info offered. There're some self-guided tours in Manhattan I find mighty appealing; one is the cupcake crawl and the other is the coffee lovers tour. Imagine how glorious it could be to combine these tours, get a cupcake here and a latte over there!
The guide recommends that one does not do the entire coffee tour in a single day--guessing after a few lattes or couple of espressos you could run from shop to shop. But if you're also eating cupcakes as you go along, running would be a good thing.
So, now I have a new goal as I prepare for a trip to the 'big apple': get in shape for walking tours. Sounds like I need to get back in yoga class and water aerobics. So be it.
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