Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.
— Groucho Marx
Truth is, most of the time we’d rather be doing something other than what we’re doing. Work alone eats up a third of weekdays or more. Then there are the chores, errands, little emergencies, social obligations, issues to work through with friends, kids and lovers — the list goes on and on …
With so little time just for ourselves, it’s important to remember YOU!
Think of the message we often are given when traveling on airplanes. “In the event of an emergency, please put your oxygen mask on yourself first, and then attend to small children.” While traveling through life the same applies.
Without giving ourselves the necessary and vital oxygen of life, we become depleted, irritable, have poor judgment at times and begin to resent the very people we love.
Contrary to popular myth — in this “me society” we are accused of living in — we all do a heck of a lot for others a lot of the time.
There is no rule for creating “you time”: Maybe it means getting to that spa you always talked about, or rummaging around the vinyl record store. Signing up for yoga, playing Scrabble with the one you love or deciding to join a gym.
Make sure that you are doing this guilt-free and without pressures of time. Not because it’s something you “should” do, but simply because you want to — no strings attached.