Every once in a while we need a break. The body, mind and spirit can only take so much stress and strain and then they snap. We all need a vacation every now and then. So that's my advice today . . . Take a vacation.
Not from your job. From worry. Guess what? Our problems aren't going to get any bigger if we just ignore them for a day. I'm not talking about burying your head in the sand forever (although I wouldn't necessarily oppose that idea). I'm talking about playing Ferris Beuller for one day and just forgetting about the bad economy, the zombie banks, the annihilated securitization markets. Just take a day off and play. Play and have fun.
Go to the park, ride your bike, jog at the beach, go horseback riding, catch an afternoon movie matinee, take $20 (no more) to the 99 cent store and spend it all. Play a practical joke on a friend. Surprise your spouse, significant other or self by preparing a meal that costs less than $3 total. Write a story about the most fun you ever had in one day. Go out at night, or early in the morning, when the city streets are deserted. Count how many stars you can see. Notice the phase of the moon.
When you get back home, pick up a novel. If you don't have one, go to your local library and check one out. Maybe even sit in the library for a couple of hours reading it.
Here are some things NOT to do on your day off: Read the newspaper, watch TV, listen to the radio, surf the internet or connect in any way with the real time, real world media. These days, reality sucks. So let's take a one day break from it. And don't plan your life on your day off either. Don't turn some problem or another over and over and over in your mind until your have examined every square millimeter of it.
Try to take one day, just one day, to find all the things you appreciate about life right now and to experience as many of them as possible in this one free 24 hour day off from worry and negativity.
Who knows? You may like it so much that you decide to go on permanent vacation from worry.
Not from your job. From worry. Guess what? Our problems aren't going to get any bigger if we just ignore them for a day. I'm not talking about burying your head in the sand forever (although I wouldn't necessarily oppose that idea). I'm talking about playing Ferris Beuller for one day and just forgetting about the bad economy, the zombie banks, the annihilated securitization markets. Just take a day off and play. Play and have fun.
Go to the park, ride your bike, jog at the beach, go horseback riding, catch an afternoon movie matinee, take $20 (no more) to the 99 cent store and spend it all. Play a practical joke on a friend. Surprise your spouse, significant other or self by preparing a meal that costs less than $3 total. Write a story about the most fun you ever had in one day. Go out at night, or early in the morning, when the city streets are deserted. Count how many stars you can see. Notice the phase of the moon.
When you get back home, pick up a novel. If you don't have one, go to your local library and check one out. Maybe even sit in the library for a couple of hours reading it.
Here are some things NOT to do on your day off: Read the newspaper, watch TV, listen to the radio, surf the internet or connect in any way with the real time, real world media. These days, reality sucks. So let's take a one day break from it. And don't plan your life on your day off either. Don't turn some problem or another over and over and over in your mind until your have examined every square millimeter of it.
Try to take one day, just one day, to find all the things you appreciate about life right now and to experience as many of them as possible in this one free 24 hour day off from worry and negativity.
Who knows? You may like it so much that you decide to go on permanent vacation from worry.
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