Embrace the Sweetness of doing Nothing – everyday

It was heavenly and delicious and a little naughty to skip work, sit in a little cafe and sip coffee … then tea … then have a tiny loaf of banana bread.

I just might be able to get good at this – doing nothing:)

Well, of course – me and balance is always a challenge. I have to admit, again, that I am much better with the ‘all or nothing’ technique (hahahahaha, such a chowder head I am).

In these last few months (on sabbatical) I have done more ‘embracing the sweetness of doing nothing’ than I have in, probably, 20 years. Still its not so easy. I’m not so consistent as I imagined I would be. Some days there just isn’t time (hahaha) to do Nothing! (How ridiculous is that … in the bigger picture, I mean.) Its a matter of perspective isn’t it? Its a paradigm shift. Its all about the choices one makes to add to the quality of one’s life.

I am managing (if one can claim victory with only 2 days on the scorecard:)), but damn, it is not easy.

What starts out as Sweet-nothingness can become something in a millisecond. Laying and gazing, daydreaming, soaking in the wonderfulness of life … somehow, not more than 3 minutes later, became planning a sales event, stressing about how the plants that we left with a sitter in ON are doing, anxiousness about the day passing – I need to get on the doing of my Morning Pages …

I’ll keep practicing. I want 10-20 minutes of this … a day.