Just Another

....lazy day. You know the kind when you wear pjs all day. You play with your animals. You place second in Fishdom, among many thousands of nerds like yourself, you are a gaming goddess. Then your new massage sheets arrive and you get lost in some self-reflection. (Yes, that does sound a bit odd, but I will explain in a bit.) In grander terms, I reclaimed my free time and I revel in it now.

Now? Indeed.

 For most of my life I have been a raging control freak. I still have my OCD quirks, like how I decorate, grouping things in clumps of threes. I must make my bed before I get in it to sleep...
and line up the comforter with the mattress edges. But that's another discussion....maybe with a talk therapist. haha   I was always on the go, directing activities, working, carpool, sports events, household chores, etc.  I stressed over finances, but I insisted on overseeing them.

....In any case, my eventual point is that I had a hard time finding any ME time. (forever known as MT from this day forth) ....Especially when I worked full-time and had two small boys who also needed me. I was  pretty much leaving a full-time job and going home to my other full-time demands. MT was after the kids went to bed. Even when I did miraculously scrape together some MT,  I  had a hard time letting go of supervising everyone and every thing in my world. Lazy was just not an option on a regular basis. Lazy happened on Day 5 of your 7 Day vacation....if you were lucky.

Over time I began to demand small amounts of MT. I would flex my work hours so I could work on my tan during office hours, and go into the office in the evenings. This allowed me to not cook supper, not see nasty co-workers, and gave me a small amount of time when I was all alone and nourishing myself. Mani. Pedi. Massage. These all came on-board.  MT was in my life again.

I had not yet achieved lazy, but relaxing was part of my life. Then came the well-meaning folks who tried to shame me for being....lazy. Well, that is just plain selfish. And nobody ever did that before! And your point?  MT is being selfish. It is putting your own needs first for a change. It means I am replenishing myself and this is normal and healthy. Massage school reinforced my beliefs. I began to truly value my MT and I started reclaiming it on a regular basis.

So about those sheets.... I have always used flannel sheets in my private practice. The warm, cozy feeling is comforting.  Since I have dubbed 2018 the Year of Possibilities, I am experimenting with some new things in my life as well as my clinic.  So....my new microfiber sheets arrived today.  Besides being a lovely grey color, they are supposed to be highly durable and the real selling point: "You can wash up to three times as many sheets than traditional cotton or flannel and they dry quickly." This means instead of 4 loads of sheets, I can do 2. Less laundry means I get more MT.


 I know that doesn't exactly parlay into LAZY, but small steps will eventually get you to the same place.....if you let it.