It’s getting close to my birthday, and my wife, being ever thoughtful and sweet, wants to know what she can get me or do for me for my birthday. But really, the best birthday present is simply going to be having time. And that will be given a few weeks after my official birthday. I don’t think I’ve felt like I had a spaciousness of time since the few months between finishing my masters in education and starting my teaching job, and before that, it was another year and a half of that program, back when I was in New York City. The idea of it is glorious.
I am… perhaps. Not worried, but cautious, of the free time, in the same way I was, leading up to the few months I had free after my masters, when I was finishing up my thesis and such, and Kon-Marie-ing everything at my parents house. (Which at that time was most of what I owned.)
It ended up being fine, or rather, much better than fine, but I was careful not to fall into a chaotic lack of routine, careful to have goals, and a spiritual anchor point that kept me focused and refreshed every day. With all of that, working, but not too hard, it was absolutely delicious. I don’t really like many forms of vacation. I like doing things, learning things, working on meaningful things. But that was the perfect form of vacation for me: working on meaningful projects, at my own pace, with plenty of time to do so, one a great routine, being productive, creative, well rested and exercise, and getting regular time in nature.
OK, looks like that’s all the time I have for now.
See ya next week. Continuing to get more excited about my upcoming “birthday present.” :D
-I Out
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