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Yummy Mummy Club wants to know what I do for fun. At first I was going to dazzle you all with witty tales of bobbing for lobsters or being a catcher for the Canadian Hammer Toss Team.
But then I put aside my 20s and truly thought about the question. What DO I do for fun? It took half a day to come up with this; nothing. I love to do nothing. Nothing with my husband, nothing with my kids and I especially love doing nothing with myself.
When I do nothing I am a human BEing and not a human DOing. When I'm a human DOing there is laundry involved, or mailing Disney packages, or thinking up new ways to market my travel business. I truly enjoy my role as a human DOing, but it doesn't hold the same zen as when Im a human BEing.
When I'm a human BEing I'm usually asleep. Once I reached the other side of 30, I understood the value of a nap. In recent years I've even started naming my naps. I have a Sick Kids nap - those are my 3-hour siestas after my daughter's cardiology appointments. That's not my favourite snooze, but I need it.
Then there are my period naps, my husband named those, and we both know that I'm not really sleeping, but its a good idea that I'm not around people, especially if sharp objects are near. When I meditate sometimes people think I'm napping. I love napping in the car. As soon as the key clicks in the ignition I'm dreaming of far off lands.
I often suggest to my husband that we drive to Florida, alternating turns at the wheel. But we both know that will never happen. We would pull out of the driveway, I'd be snoring and wake up in front of a Daytona Beach Piggly Wiggly.
I don't apologize for napping. I wouldn't do it if I didn't need it. I'm a great human DOing. I love my career as a Disney Travel Specialist and I DO it well. It's my ideal job. I don't mind vacuuming and don't care that I treat stairs like shelves. I'm a mom-taxi, grocery shopper, great wife, better mother and awesome friend. It's all apart of me as a DOer.
BUT, I understand balance, and know that DOing and BEing can co-exist. I am grateful for the harmony in my life. It took years to get to this place where nothing is something. WAY better than bobbing for lobster or hammer catching in the pretend Olymics.