Resetting the Compass – Day 9
Busy is good! That has been my husband’s and my favorite saying for years now. We use it to describe the girls when they write to us about how much they have to do in so little time. We use it to describe us on rainy Saturdays when we attack the basement instead of sitting in the easy chairs. We used it to describe me last year when I was fighting my way back to me. Yes, busy is definitely good.
Though vacation days and “me days” are meant for relaxing, most days are better lived busy. Today I drove back to the cape from NY, made it to 4 pm yoga, then went to Hyannis at 7 pm for a CC Writers board meeting, and now I’m home finding dinner and writing this blog. Busy keeps me out of trouble. Busy engages my mind and keeps it out of places, that, if not thought about in ways meant for learning, can be damaging and a real waste of time. Busy helps me decide what’s important and gets things accomplished. Busy gets my mind off of myself and enables me to be of use to others. Busy helps me make the best use of my time and saves me from dwelling on past mistakes and beating myself up over them. The needle moves in the direction of making 2012 an extremely busy year.
And so, as another day goes by, this was a busy one, and it was good, and…I have written.
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