The Power of Time

Trigg beach today

Last night as I was decompressing after a crazy work weekend, I was thinking to myself that tomorrow (my day off) I would stay in my PJs all day and do nothing. Work had really kicked my butt this weekend and the thought of switching off completely was like heaven to me. I also knew I had a thousand normal things to do like clean my house and do my washing etc etc. When I woke up this morning I decided to put off the lazy and the chores and take an hour to myself with a coffee down at the beach. We are so lucky here in Perth with such beautiful beaches so close to us. Mine is only 15 minutes away.

Then I started asking myself, why don't I take time to myself more often? I have no kids or a partner so there is nothing really stopping me, except my own mind. Why shouldn't I take some 'me time' and not feel guilty for it?

*side note, would I prefer to have kids and a partner to take up my time? Absolutely! But unfortunately some poor choices in life and prioritising lead me to not have those things so I have to tell myself 'NEXT' what can my world be like without those things? What can I make of my life now?

In all the articles I have been reading about health, the recommended sleeping time is a minimum of 7 hours (I'm still working on this). So I started thinking about the rest of my time. If I sleep 7 hours a night, what do I do with the rest of my time? I'm at work on most days 10 hours a day so that leaves me with 7 hours. I give myself half an hour in the morning for coffee and breakfast and half an hour to get ready, then 15 minutes to get to work. If I work out in the morning (very rare at the moment but I have goals to start again!) then that is another hour. Then driving home from work is another 15 minutes. That leaves me with 4.5 hours to myself on a normal working day. I can honestly say I'm wasting that time at the moment by just chilling on the couch watching T.V most nights. I love watching T.V, don't get me wrong but now I'm setting a new challenge to myself. How can I make that 4.5 hours count? How can I make them more fulfilling? I love spending time with family and friends, I love painting and writing, I want to start sewing and to reintroduce myself to trying to play music. So now, if I'm not going out somewhere I'm going to add other things to my free time. I can do all that with the T.V on in the background but time is just going so damn fast, I really want to make the most of it. I may have not ended up where I thought I would be in life but I'm here, and I really don't want to waste it. That is kind of why I started this 'Feel Good Diary'. I really want to make the most of the life that I have.I know there are so many people that don't have that privilege. I want to enjoy every moment that I can. I also intend to take more time to switch off and just breathe, I need it and as hard as it is for me to admit, I deserve it! Today I managed to take time for me and get my chores done and I feel great!!

Just food for thought I guess...

DM xx