Your
laundry gets folded oh so neatly, all windows are cleaned, your art
tools are stored and archived in alphabetical order, your books now
color-coded on the shelves... but still, you didn't put one single pen
or brush stroke on your paper.
Why?
A
friend of mine told me about her new resolution. She decided on it,
after a very relaxing holiday. She said: "you know what? I am always
cleaning my house in the weekends, but I want to enjoy my weekends and
be free to do whatever I feel like, just like the feeling you have on
vacation every day."
She came to realize that a clean house is important, but downtime is so much more important.
Just sitting down and read, taking an afternoon nap, or going for a
ride on her motorcycle. That's what it's about. It's okay to let the
laundry basket overflow every once in a while. Or to leave the dishes in
the sink when it's one of those beatiful sunny fall days. It's not
gonna kill you. As long as you, instead, do what you love.
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