So, yesterday wasn't very holiday-esque at all. Both kids were busy with their own friends so I worked all day - and that's fine, I'm seeing it as meaning I don't need to take holiday from one of my other jobs, and it means I can spend next monday with my boy when he's still off. Today I could tidy. That appeals not at all. I could do more work - why is that always my default? It's that do it whilst I've got the chance mentality. (shame I never have that feeling about the washing up). If the weather clears up I could do some gardening. I'm tired though - sleepovers are never conducive to much adult sleep. Maybe it will be another reading day. Under a duvet with a box of chocolates??
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I went with cleaning. I know - surprised me too. If I were my own best friend I'd ask myself what I'm so afraid of, by relaxing. One answer would be around justifying myself. There's so much vilifying of people on benefits. I receive working family tax credit, without which we'd struggle to live off my wages. I think I feel a compulsion to be always doing stuff so if someone accused me of laziness, I'd know they were wrong.
Ohhh, love this:
http://elitedaily.com/life/10-things-that-the-people-who-love-their-lives-are-doing-differently/598934/
especially the line:
When you ask them what they do, they respond with what they do in their lives, not what work they do in order to pay for the lives they want to one day be living. The real trick is that these individuals know better than to wait to live the lives they want to live.
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