Today is the first day since I left UCOL where I could dowhatever I liked with the day; it was awesome!
I am usually such a planner and so being able to decidewhat activities I wanted to do today was such a departure from my “normal".I spent most of it battling with this blogging platform, they have moved me toa one.com site and everything looked topsy-turvy and needed a lot of help.
I consider it a win because I can now create a page from mydesktop, I-pad or phone and I think I know what I am doing. The proof will bein the pudding!
It got me thinking about time and how every human has adifferent set of priorities regarding what they choose to invest their timeinto.
We went to the A&P show last weekend and I was amazedat the number of sections they had and how many entries they had for each one.There are people out there cooking, knitting, sewing, painting and growing somebeautiful stuff and its always one of my favourite bits of the show.
I work at the local op shop and when I am there, I amalways rushed off my feet. There is always so much to do and because all ourstock is donated the shop itself changes quite a bit as well. Some weeks wehave lots of small bits of furniture and other weeks we have very little. Allthe volunteers are constantly reinventing the shop and I always do a quick laparound the shop when I arrive each week to see where everything is located.
Most of the world got months off in 2020 and I found itinteresting talking with people afterwards. Some people spent their lockdownsmaking bread, spring cleaning and writing. Others spent it binge watching TigerKing and Bridgerton. Still others discovered they were not equipped to homeschool their children and they counted down sleeps until the schools opened.
My point is that we always seem to find time to do thethings we love.
The things we cannot or do not get time to do are probablynot high priorities or there is a deeper issue. I put off the things I hatedoing, stuff that is boring or things I know I should do but it’s going to Takeawhile and can I be bothered? Usually, the answer is no.
I love a good list but when things have been on it for awhile without moving, I recognize that I am avoiding the task for a reason.It’s usually really obvious and sometimes things are weather-related but I havebeen putting off making a will for about ten years now. I know why, who wantsto spend a few hours thinking about death but its recently moved up the listbecause of my diagnosis.
Whatever it is that you have on the top of your list - goenjoy!