I have not taken a day off without posting something in a while. The last day I didn’t post an actual blog entry was November 3, 2019, but even then I posted something to say I wasn’t posting anything. Not taking days off from blogging was a resolution which has gone way beyond what one might expect, so it’s time to leave a gap.
I will be taking September 11 off, not just because it’s the 20th year after domestic terrorism destroyed lives in New York, Washington DC and in a field in Pennsylvania, but because I have a week off, and I realized I should use it to do things to recharge my spirit. That means putting regularly scheduled things aside to change my routine. I will get back to posting on September 18 and let you know what I did.
I’m calling it an Edward Lewis Day after Richard Gere’s character in Pretty Woman, a corporate “garage sale guru” (read takeover mogul) who never took time off, until the right person came into his life and helped him see the futility of always laser focusing on one purpose which cannot provide any lasting memory or positive effects on his life. He went out for a “snap dog” with Julia Roberts’ character Vivian, copped a squat under a tree and did essentially nothing constructive except relax, and he had fun.
Nobody has come into my life and done that, but since I’m not dead yet, I feel there is still time.
Anyway, it’s always good to do nothing when your entire week has been devoting your brain matter to other things, like the workplace, the home, the bills, how to shop safely and when to fit the car’s maintenance into the calendar. Health, lifestyle and psychology studies have shown that our current lifestyles are not helping us live well. Obesity, insomnia, poor nutrition and related physical ailments are becoming a big problem. Heck, being big is a big problem.
For the past few weeks, I haven’t stepped on a scale; I did track steps for a company walking challenge (we surpassed the goal by a huge margin), but I allowed myself to fit fun into my diet and distractions into the day. So far I’ve managed to stay sane, and the clothes still fit, but having only taken a day or half day here and there has not helped recharge myself, so I’m going to find my own private island of contentment and sip cold drinks for a few days.
Maybe I’ll grab a snap dog.
See you when I return.
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