So, like you, we’re busy. Busy, busy, busy. Work- busy. Kids-busy. Social life-busy. One big bunch of busy buzzing bees. And I don’t know about you, but I’m a little sick of how busy we are. Just talking about it is getting boring.
Wah! I don’t have time …
Look around: it’s like a new badge to claim– can you multi-task, what are you missing to be here with me, what else is going on, what? What? But what are we busy at? Being busy?
I’m not on call. But I feel like I am. I’ve worked hard at keeping boundaries, doing the job, without being accessible 24/7. But I still catch myself being one of those people checking emails, responding after hours, and feeling like I can’t ever get caught up. Like trying to stuff 10 pounds of potatoes into a 5 pound sack, the volume just never … slows.
So when I feel the margins of life closing in, I push back and re-assess. Sometimes it takes nothing more than the “mental” escape a good book can bring. Other times, more drastic action is needed. So with that, later today, I’m signing off. Shutting down. Hopping up into the Jeep with my brown-eyed handsome man, cranking up the tunes and headed to points north. I’m laughing till my sides hurt, kissing my honey, and living in the moment.
Road trip? Yes!
Make time in your
daylife for:
- Situations that make you laugh, including yourself
- People who make you smile
- Your favorite foods
- Music you want to sing along to
- Curling up with a book
- Loving on the one you love
- Friendship
- Good company and conversation
- Furry friends
- Joy
Why?
“In the midst of a busy life don’t forget to live.” ― Marty Rubin
And we might just play this game along the way:
Can you relate? When you feel your margins getting smaller, what do you adjust?
** Thanks to DM for gifting me with the “margins” reference — Now that I think of it, I always used to draw in mine. 
