TAKE SOME DOWN TIME
I live a wonderful life. I am making every effort to turn what I love to do into something that pays me well to do it. Writing doesn't feel like work. Research doesn't feel like work. Healthy practices (reformer Pilates, yoga, meditation) doesn't feel like work. Creative experimenting doesn't feel like work. Parenting (and all that comes with it) doesn't feel like work. The idea of "down time" doesn't register with me well as I always manage to turn work into play - even when I was dealing with product development, suppliers, staff and P&L meetings.
The assignment: Take some down time today. Watch a movie, read a good book, stay in bed, go out to brunch, get a mani/pedi. Anything that is for you and makes you stop what you are doing to recharge.
I have a hang up with using headphones. I'm always uncomfortable zoning out on my environment and putting a movie or something on my computer to watch it. Today? My down time is going to be spent productively addressing that ridiculous issue! I've queued up "Downton Abbey" which I've never watched on Netflix and that is how I plan to spend my time today. Who knows? We have six more days of March Break. I may get used to this concept :)
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Like Bree Hester, I believe you choose to be happy. Sure there are bad (out of your control) things that happen, but how you handle them is completely up to you. Your choices are your responsibility - there is no blame, no shame, no nothing but accountability. Your attitude is your decision. I choose to be happy. Happy within the context of not wearing the proverbial rose-coloured glasses or any expectation that those who populate my life have made the same choice :) Last October, Bree put together 31 DAYS TO A HAPPIER YOU and, armed with her PDF, I'm using March - that dreary time between winter and spring that seems to drag on forever - to make the conscious choice to be happy every day this month!
