Today I decided for one day to ignore the clock and my own internal tick, tick, tick tracking minutes and hours.
Today I did or didn’t do whatever I wanted.
I refused to check my list.
Instead of optimum efficiency, batching chores and trips upstairs or down, I meandered in and out of rooms. I picked up one thing and passed another. I didn’t “clean as you go” when I made my salad. I started something and didn’t finish. I stared. I hummed. I listened to wind chimes tinkle away the hours.
My big fat cat jumped in my lap and I let him stay there even though it means I can’t do anything else because my arms don’t quite reach around him.
People tell me all the time, “Don’t worry! It’ll be there tomorrow!” But that is precisely what usually worries me-it WILL be there tomorrow.
Today, though, I gulped those words, chewed them and swallowed. Gone.
And you know what?
It was fine.
Fine.
Just fine.
I doubt this will be a trend. Fifty-five years of task-oriented, time-conscious living can’t be swept away by one glorious day of living minute to minute.
But it’s a start.
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Days like that are great! For a detail oriented perfectionist like me it usually only happens wben I’m sick and can rationalize my lack of ambition. Actually in the last few years I’ve become better at taking a day off occasionally. But it does feel good to get back to marking things off of my To Do list too! 🤗
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Time to just BE and not do…
It’s difficult when you are a control freak like me but three months into retirement and I realise I’ve even ‘got this.’
Plump up those cushions and get ready for the nana naps with Ryker on your shoulder 😊
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I love this. I just wish I could do it. I’ve tried and my mind takes over and says you have to many things to get done. I’m afraid if I stop or slow down it will all come crashing down… especially the grief. Thank you so much for your daily words.
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Some tasks give me a little anxiety beforehand. Like, is this going to make my feet hurt or maybe my shoulders or is this outside thing going to make my sinuses hurt. Yesterday, I edged, trimmed and mowed the lawn 3 times. My sinuses are all yucky and my hands hurt today. So I think today, I’ll just clean up the kitchen and call it good. Let it be my catch up with my DVR shows on TV. I need days where I just let-it-be. I find it helpful. Oh, I also need to start a blog for this Friday, Amanda’s birthday. Hugs.
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