Day 9: Enjoy Life

So sorry this didn't get posted yesterday - technical difficulties!

In any case, we'll do our Day 9 and tomorrow we'll resume with 10 & 11 to catch up!

Day 9 involves enjoying life, which is something that we don't do very often! Enjoying life does something for us - it refills our cup. So often we are bogged down by all the stresses in life we don't get to enjoy the real life!

This picture was taken a while back - enjoying a boat ride with friends. It is so soothing to hear the wind and nothing else but your thoughts. Life gets ultra clear & difficult things become easy to solve.

But the truth is, we don't do this enough, 'American workers talk about vacations, plan for them, dream about them and then, never take them. In the United States 415 million vacation days will go unused. Given a five day work week, that
comes out to 1.6 million years of unused vacation.'

This is a horrible and serious statistic. When we are working 40+ hours at a job, we need to be able to breathe and enjoy life. The truth is we don't. Why? Because we don't have the money, the time (although, apparently we do), and the gumption to say no to those around us.

So today, I want you to breath deeply - go to that place of happiness, and enjoy life.
Here's a list of things you can do this summer to enjoy:

-Learn a craft or how to paint
-Take a ride in the park
-Visit a beach or ocean....listen to the sound of the waves
-Visit family
-Ride on a boat
-Say no to something that will change your life
-Love your family by doing something they will love
-Go to a movie
-Spend time walking the dog(s)
-add more below...

Whatever you do, take those days, and if you don't have them...find a way to enjoy some aspect- even if it's for a couple minutes a week(end).

With love always,
Lida








Source "We're Skipping Vacations in Lieu of Working More," Chicago
Tribune, July 6, 2004, section 5.
http://www.swlearning.com/management/hrm_news/benefits_0804_001.html