R is for Relaxation

Do you ever feel that there is just no let-up in life? Do you ever just want to shout "stop the world I want to get off"? I occasionally have days like that - I'm sure most people do.

However, I find as I get older that I tend to pace myself a bit better than I did in my younger days. I don't work as many long hours as I used to. I rarely, if ever, these days do work over the weekend. My personal time has become more precious to me and I guard it more jealously than I used to.

But here's the thing. I now get days when I have so much to do even as regards my personal interests that it sometimes becomes too much. I honestly cannot remember the last time I had a whole day completely to myself, simply to do nothing, where there were no expectations of me, no work commitments, no music to be prepared for a choir, no photos to be processed. A day where I could choose to do absolutely anything I wanted to do, or indeed to do nothing at all, and it wouldn't matter to anyone.

It's fair to say that, apart from work commitments which I am employed for and paid to do, much of the work I do related to my personal interests is self-imposed. I choose to do them because I enjoy them, by and large. But even with that, I feel there is something amiss if there is rarely room for just a day of absolutely nothing to do.

Having said all that, I'm not sure what would be gained overall from taking a day out to do absolutely nothing. Usually, it means more 'stuff' piled up for the next day! So perhaps it is a futile thing to pursue. Still, wouldn't it be nice!

I often think it would be great to be a cat. They seem total experts at spending hours on end of doing, well, nothing really. Take a look at our cat in the photo above. I'm convinced he spends about 23 hours a day in that position. It doesn't seem to do him much harm. Yes, I want to come back as a cat.

Anyway, time to stop writing and go do nothing for a short while at least. But wait, what's that noise I hear? Oh, it's just the cat - looking for someone to feed him. I'd best go and get him some food. Maybe tomorrow I'll get that day of complete rest. Then again .....