old habits die hard
i have a very long list of livelihood-related things that i want to spend time on. and yet, lately, i haven’t.
sadly, i have been giving myself grief for this. either i tell myself that i’m horribly lazy and unmotivated or else i tell myself that clearly there is something in the way and what on earth is wrong with me that i don’t want to figure out what it is and work through it.
what have i been doing instead? i’ve been creating a style lookbook, writing cards/letters, eating ice cream, watching shows on netflix, and spending time by the pool.
do you know what i just realized? of course this is what i’m doing. it’s hot here! most of the things i want to do involve time at the computer and it’s just too hot for me to do my best work.
sheesh. i think the heat is sapping my brain.
on the up side, i bought myself an ice cream cake. it came up in a conversation and sounded really good and i said, “i should buy one!” that’s normally the sort of thing i would say and then dismiss. an ice cream cake seems special – something to buy for other people, not just for me. then, i decided that was actually the perfect reason to buy it – it would be a good way of showing myself that i am special too. it’s very tasty! if you live nearby, there’s still some in the freezer.
It’s summer and while dreams and goals are good to keep up all year round, there’ something about summer that allows space for easing up on things and creating time to just enjoy, relax… and keep cool. ;o) LOVE that you bought an ice cream cake just for you! Eat, drink, be merry… be merry, my friend ((HUGS))
laughing. ice cream cake, I hope you put a sparkler on it!! heat is a bit mind slowing for sure but I have perfected sitting under the umbrella on the dock reading one ok after another. lol
I would so be there to share your ice cream cake with you. Enjoy!
I’d totally come and have some cake with you. It would be lovely to meet you. In person.
And enjoy it. You deserve it!
remember the old lady in the last days of her life telling those around her…
if i had it to do over “i’d eat more cake and less beans!”
enjoy!
no guilt.
no fear.
life!
hugs to you two (well… only a nose smoosh for one! lol)
Sounds like you’re having a summer vacation.
Yippee!
I know that feeling of self-giving-grief all too well. I cheated this past week by dropping off my computer at the shop. While it was annoying to not have it for a week, it made me feel better about watching more of the Olympics and reading some books.
Got it back today but I think now is an excellent time for ice cream.
claire: in my opinion, now is always an excellent time for ice cream! 😉
amy: i am! i am following in your footsteps. yippee!
tammy: “more cake and less beans”. i need to write that down.
mindi jo: it would be lovely to meet you in person! who knows, maybe it will happen someday. if it does, there will have to be ice cream.
ann: and you would be so very very welcome!
margie: i thought about it! but then i didn’t. i like the sound of your days. i’d happily sit next to you and read each ok as you finished.
tracy: august seems good for that. i remember thinking last summer that august was a month for slowness. apparently i forgot. more merriment for us all!
Yay for cake ‘for you’.
Oh, I can relate! That’s what I hate about the heat – totally zaps my energy and all my productive plans just go out the window.
I just bought my first ice cream cake last week for a friend’s birthday. Half of it got eaten and now you’ve just reminded me that half of it is left and still in the freezer….. hmmmm… it’s hot….. hmmmm