Sure. Those rainy days and lazy days can help your mind rest, relax, and re-energize. But they are really just stopgaps. Moments when we do what we need to do to keep ourselves moving. When we were working, we needed more than just a day here or a day there to keep moving. We needed…
Special projects can fit into a lot of the categories we’ve already talked about, but they have one thing that may differentiate them from others in those categories. They all have an end goal. Sure, they may fall into the category of volunteering, or a hobby, or even spring cleaning. But it is that end…
We all have habits. But not all habits are created equal. We have good habits, and we have bad habits. Unfortunately, it seems like the bad habits are easier to form than the good habits. Probably because, even though they are bad for us, we tend to find them more enjoyable than what we consider…
There’s an old saying that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Maybe if that dog is of the canine variety, that’s true. I mean, they do tend to get a bit lazy and just want to eat and sleep in their golden years. But for us old dogs that are human? That’s simply…
I admit it. I am probable one of the worst offenders. I love those free apps I download onto my phone. And they are a problem. If you’re not careful, those seemingly meaningless phone apps really can be the root of all evil, They Are a Time Suck I can get pulled into some silly…
I’ve finally realized – much later than I wish I had – that my daughter is the greatest thing I will ever do. Our kids are the greatest thing we will ever do. My husband always had what he called the countdown. “We only have 10 years with her before she goes to college.” “We…
They existed when you were working. And the still exist now. Those lazy days when you just don’t feel like doing anything. Here’s the difference though. When you were working, you couldn’t – or wouldn’t – allow yourself a lazy day. Now that you’re not, there’s nothing standing in your way. Lazy days are somewhat…
Hopefully you’ve been able to establish a rhythm to your day. You’ve figured out what needs to be done on a daily basis, what needs to be done every couple of days. How each of your days will and need to play out. And you have also figured out that you have some free time…
Maybe we try to fool ourselves into thinking we only need to do those nasty projects that always exist in our lives once a year by calling them spring cleaning. The reality is, they exist in every season, and all the time. And they don’t always take the form of cleaning. Think about it. You…
You might not want to. Actually, you probably don’t want to. Instead, you probably want to just give in to that desire each morning to just stay curled up under the covers. Pretending that if you just stay asleep, when you wake up, everything will be back to the way it was. But it’s not.…
