Use It or Lose It
My mom just got back from a weeklong vacation to China. Although she had a great time, she admitted she was pretty much over it three days before they were scheduled to come home (too much goo on the food; too much gunk in the air), and it's weird to think about what a huge and full experience she had--enough of a huge and full experience that she reached the point of being over it--in the same amount of time it took me to watch three dozen home design shows and wipe one butt eleventy dozen times. There she was, off on her own on the other side of the world, standing barefoot on the Great Wall, a forgotten bottle of bubbles in her backpack, while for me it was just another day, another week, another diaper.
Today Simon got off work early so we decided to run some errands before rush hour got the best of us. We loaded the bairn into his bucket and set off for the hardware store and the grocery store, but once we got out in the sun--in shorts, no less--we were inspired to make an outing of it, which is how we ended up strolling around the Berkeley Marina for an hour.
One hour is the time it takes to watch an episode of Martha.
One hour is the time it takes to check my email and scan a few must-read blogs.
One hour is the time it takes to get ready for work in the morning.
One hour is nothing. One hour is the throw-away time before or after doing something Actually Important. Today, though, one hour was all it took to get me away from the grind. For all the freedom I felt, I might as well have been on vacation on the other side of the world.
Imagine this technique applied to not just an hour or a week but to an entire life. The mind boggles. The remote grows cold.
That inspires me to finish this comment, close the laptop and enjoy this beautiful spring afternoon. Thank you.
The Berkeley Marina is one of the best places I have ever found to spend an hour. Lovely.
It's amazing what a difference one experience can make, be that one week, one day, one hour, or one minute. I'm glad that one hour made such a positive impact for you! =)
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So true.
Thank you for the reminder. There's a sunny window nook with a dollhouse and three girls calling my name.
This is so inspiring. Winter here (Montreal) sucks so we don't go out as often, and yes the TV becomes an easy habit. Now that the weather is slooowly starting to get better I need to remember this post.