Taking Time for Yourself
"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." Bertrand Russell
The art of wasting time has gotten a bad rap in this modern, hurry-up society. It's almost a crime to stop for a short while and do nothing. Ask 100 people for the definition of wasting time, and no two people will give the same answer. Some will reply that it is a terrible thing. Others will rave about what a wonderful thing it is. Everyone, thank God, is different, and what is a waste of time to one may be the favorite activity of the next.
For this moment, consider and believe that there is no such thing as wasted time. Everyone needs a certain amount of downtime every day. Whether it is spent reading, watching TV, or just staring at the wall, it is a necessity. This time is required to regroup, refresh. Taking this time out helps people to be better spouses, better parents, better friends, even better employees.
Many people choose not to "waste" time. They are always moving quickly from one task to the next, job, dinner, housecleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, never wasting a moment. They are keeping all the chores done and being very efficient. But at some point, these folks pay for this behavior because of stress and fatigue and irritability. Also, their children grow up right there beside them, and they haven't taken the time to notice. They never think later in life things like, "Gee, I sure kept an immaculate house when my kids were little." Instead they think, "How did they grow up so quickly and without me even realizing it?"
It is difficult to change a life-long way of thinking, and to forget all the negative things that people say about wasting time. But, it is well worth it. So waste some time today. Everyone should do some wonderfully nice things for themselves - take a bubble bath, read something for fun, sit down and listen to some great music, go fishing, or just sit down and relax. Then waste a little more time playing hide and seek with the kids. All those other things will wait. But sanity won't wait, and neither will the children.
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Post a CommentI agree sometimes the most relaxing thing to do is to spend time doing absolutely nothing. Relaxation means not running 100 miles a minute to complete some task. Besides if you don't time to get away from the sense of urgency to do everything you overexert yourself.
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