No time for nothing
Those of you with good english grammar may think I have committed the cardinal sin of a double negative above, but no, I simply mean I have no time for nothing anymore. There were days, in what now seems to be a previous life, when I could simply do nothing from time to time. While taking the dog for a walk I could sit for half an hour on a bridge playing pooh sticks with the pup in the water catching the twigs as they appeared the other side. Now she gets her allocated 45 minutes twice a day, briskly walking to get the maximum exercise in the least possible time – and at other times there simply is no time for doing nothing. My ‘to do’ list gets longer as I try to sneak just one more task into the day, my ‘tasks done’ list falls miserably short of being completed at any time in the near future.
Do we all strive for an easier life? If that is the case why do we all find ourselves getting increasingly more busy as time goes on? Is it that we take on more things to do or do the things we do take longer for some reason? I have set myself a task – having spent yesterday in the garden, a lot of that time doing nothing, I have pledged to put time aside for me from now on. The AC adapter on the laptop decided to stop working yesterday so I could not check my e.mails, e.bay sales, catch up on blogs, write my posts, service my shop websites. I had a whole Sunday for me (and the dog, of course!) It was bliss. I had long hours of sitting with coffee in the sun, did a bit of gardening, took the dog for a walk, cooked lunch, had long hours of sitting in the garden with coffee… Really blissful.
Do yourself a great favour – write ‘ME TIME’ into your working week. Don’t skimp on it. It will make you feel seriously good!
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Hi Mandy
You’re so right! I’ve found that I was just burning out after a few weeks. I was waking up at four in the morning thinking about blog topics for example. Then just trying to do too much all day every day. Eventually I let rip at the kids over something trivial and realised that I was getting very stressed and that it just wasn’t fun. So I have taken a couple of weeks off and just hung back a bit to recharge. Feeling more positive again and ready to focus.
Lovely graphic header BTW, very fitting colour and imagery for a healing/spiritualist blog if that is where you decide to take it.
I’m not a Spiritualist but I do some work as a healer with the NFSH and have started a healing-related site at http://blog.mystic-cloud.com
As you will know there is a strong Spiritualist Healing Church in Norwich so I know a few people involved with that.
Best wishes for all your endeavours and let the Source be with you!
Syd
http://sellingtshirtsonline.com
Hi Syd,
Thank you for your positive comments. I have added a link to the Norwich Healing Centre on my other site.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hello Mandy,
Good post that will resonate with many people I think. You’re right, everyone seems to be busier and busier these days, and should try to create a bit of relaxation time. I’m one of the worst culprits, working too hard in order not to if you know what I mean, the point you try to reach where you can relax never seems to arrive and so as you say it’s best just to make time now rather than hoping you’ll have time in the future.
Good luck and hope you geta quiet day again sometime soon.
Regards
Dave
Hi Dave,
Thanks for that. I hope I get a quiet day soon too!
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
I have the most fun in life when I am doing the things that I truly enjoy. I have noticed that when I am doing things I don’t enjoy, there is never enough time because my attention is usually focused on other things. When I am doing what I enjoy, I am living in that moment, and I do not notice the time.
Therefore, I made a decision to do more things that I enjoy and less of the “have to”. I also meditate about 30 minutes a day which is not only relaxing, but it has reduced my sleep time from eight hours to six hours.
Now I have an extra two hours a day to do more of what I enjoy.
Namaste,
Reginald
http://www.reginaldcuffee.com
Keep enjoying life, Reg, it is there for us all to get the most out of that we can.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy