enjoy life more

I was right when I first opted for ‘enjoy life more’ as one of my 43 things. It is the little things which add up to enjoyment. My treating myself to a muffin and a venti white chocolate mocha and sitting in Starbucks to read was a very little thing, but it felt nice.

My little excursion north of Worcester last Monday was also a little thing – and in the rain it could have been terribly miserable. But I had time to walk around Witley Court, which I largely had to myself; I saw the fountain firing; I watched wild rabbits hopping through the undergrowth and pretending not to exist; and I sat in the small tearoom linked to the neighbouring church and indulged myself with a cafetiere and a scone with strawberry jam and cream. It was a very little thing, a brief morning out. But it improved my week a bit.

But not too bad an idea for all that. I’m a bit rubbish about doing things. This means that I get times of general lethargy (which seems to be my word of the week) or black spots when my mood takes a downward swing. So I need to recognise this, deal with it, and make sure I try and do something, anything, at least one time a week which is enjoyable, not work, and maybe (but not always) something I wouldn’t usually do. Not spending hours and hours a day on the computer would probably help…

So, for today, I’m going to treat myself to a venti white chocolate mocha and possibly a muffin in Starbucks. Which is going to completely contradict the weight loss goal, obviously, but sitting in Starbucks with a large coffee and a book is surprisingly enjoyable. And the little things add up.