Rat's Rants
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Find Time
06:05:14 PM - 2005-07-25

This is something that I struggle with myself, and I hate to see other people do it even more.  But ever notice, especially for the self-employed, that they are always working?  I do it, I can't seem to help it most of the time.  Even if I'm not in my office, I am thinking about what I have to do when I get back there!

Try taking a night off...  For me, that's an endless loop of "I ought to be working"! 

But you know what?  Everyone has to find time to get away from the work.  For example, my parents go out every week and buy more plants to put in the yard.  My question to them everytime is:  When are you going to stop planting and enjoy the flowers?  I guess I can't say much, I do the same thing.  But then, they complain that I work too much also!

Moral of the story... In our busy lives, and wanting to do something "productive" every minute of the day, each of us have to find that half hour to hour just to relax.  Sit down and enjoy a cup of coffee instead of the usual stolen sips between punctuation while typing!  Believe me, you will be more productive when you get back to work after that break!



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Comment posted by gweiss at 2005-07-26 15:42:37

I must remember that that includes sleep!~
Comment posted by evajmah at 2005-07-27 09:23:34

Think about this one.

My memories of my parents all include work, from household chores to my parents' businesses where I also worked from the age of 10. By the time my parents retired, my mother's health didn't let her do much of anything physically. All the kids that she worked hard to provide for had grown up and moved away. My father was off doing his own thing. My mom's final years were spent alone at home.

My mom died of gallbladder cancer at age 72. Just before she died, she asked my father, "Is this all there is to life?"

My mother was very productive during her life. I don't know how much of it she actually enjoyed.

Don't let that be you.
 

 


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