While I was home for the holidays, I consciously didn't schedule my days. As much as there were lots of people I wanted to see and things that I wanted to do, I wanted to be able to come back to work rested instead of the frenetic after burn that I usually have after the holidays. Between Christmas and New Year's, we made plans to go up skiing in Vermont. However it ended up so cold (literally -10 Fahrenheit at the bottom of the mountain!) that we never skied, and spent the time watching movies and solving puzzles. I came back to San Francisco feeling actually rested, and wondered if I could add more time doing nothing to my schedule.
I have a hard time doing nothing. Growing up I was not very happy and spent much of my time on the couch watching TV, so whenever I have unscheduled time I wonder if I will fall back into those habits. But the counter to that is over scheduling myself to the point of exhaustion, which is also not healthy. Where is the line? How can we take time to reset without going too far? Is there such a thing as too far or is that just in my head too?
the hardest puzzle I have ever completed