One of the most enjoyable guilty pleasures during the holidays is sitting down on a comfortable chair, putting your feet up, and doing nothing. Because there's always something that needs to be done somewhere around the house or the yard - lights to string or cookies to bake or gifts to wrap. And that's just at home.
Honestly I think we should stop thinking about rest and relaxation as a guilty pleasure. Somewhere along the line we've gotten the idea that just stretching out and doing some mindless TV watching - or settling in with a good book - is not "doing anything" and I beg to differ. I think letting the mind rest from the constant barrage of demands - and the body rest from the non-stop running around is probably one of the best things we can do for ourselves.
So...I am declaring that from now on everyone should have at least one hour of rest and relaxation every day. Regardless of whether its reading or napping or doing a craft project, everyone needs to do something that makes them happy and rests their souls.
It's my holiday gift to the world.
Honestly I think we should stop thinking about rest and relaxation as a guilty pleasure. Somewhere along the line we've gotten the idea that just stretching out and doing some mindless TV watching - or settling in with a good book - is not "doing anything" and I beg to differ. I think letting the mind rest from the constant barrage of demands - and the body rest from the non-stop running around is probably one of the best things we can do for ourselves.
So...I am declaring that from now on everyone should have at least one hour of rest and relaxation every day. Regardless of whether its reading or napping or doing a craft project, everyone needs to do something that makes them happy and rests their souls.
It's my holiday gift to the world.
4 comments:
That picture looks like me around 2PM just about every afternoon :)
Good for you!
I always have this guilty feeling in the garden where there is always so much to do. How could I play with the children or even sit in a chair instead of weeding, cutting the grass, etc. ...! But the truth is that we need rest and if all this is only about duties, there is no pleasure in such activities. Everything has its own time, both work and rest but the guilty feeling is still there...
Absolutely! But we can fight it!
:-)
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