My niece and I brainstormed the list together, then began executing it early last Saturday morning with the approval of her sisters. Although we made a good dent in the list, we unfortunately didn't finish it before I took the girls to work with me. However, the hours we spent running around town, in an out of their van, in and out of the bathroom and then back home again, were totally worth it.
Good list Miss Rose, good list.
Yesterday was my first day of in two weeks--three weeks if I consider that the last day off I had was spent crashed on the couch with an immobilizing cold. The day was spent cleaning in the morning, baking with friends in the afternoon, then followed up with a catnap and a workout that I forced into the day. It was a good day, but I was still exhausted from the last two weeks and ready for a day with absolutely NO AGENDA.
Today is that day. It's 10:30am and I've produced nothing more than a bowl of oatmeal and a cup of coffee. I'm taking pointers from Miss Rose and making myself a list, but not any kind of list...this kind of list:
And my "reading" will include a little bit of this:
It's rainy today, therefore a perfect day to stay cozy at home doing everything I want to do, or absolutely nothing at all. I talk a lot about trying to embrace my days as they come, wanting to capture each moment and be content with where I am, so today is a great day to work on that. It's incredibly easy for me to always look ahead, planning my future one day,
When I say it's "easy for me to look ahead" what I am really saying is that I am really bad at being and living in the moment. If you're looking for a way to quickly exhaust yourself, then start thinking about the future as you fight through today.
The thing is though, I don't want to live like this. I want, desperately, to enjoy today without having expectations of the future. After all, if I can't enjoy today and embrace all that it is, how can I expect myself to enjoy the future? Today will not be perfect, and the future most definitely won't be either. It's too easy to look to the future as the solution for today, but tomorrow will have it's own worries. Worrying about today AND tomorrow does nothing better than give me a stomach ache and pangs of anxiety--so why do I choose to live like that? It's an exhausting way to live, and I have no one to blame but myself.
I can't change the past and I don't know what the future will hold. All I have is today, and I'm choosing to embrace it for all it's worth. In order to do that I am going to start working on that list above...I'd say that's a pretty good way to go...wouldn't you agree?
How will YOU embrace today?
P.S. Thanks B for the reading material!
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