things ive been making time for
i think that the times where ive felt most unhappy in life have been when i have had an overwhelming amount of work and had forbidden myself to do any activities that werent directly productivity/work/school related. telling myself that instead of sitting and eating a proper meal, i could rather whip up something small and eat at my desk as i worked. choosing to take my laptop with me to classes, so i could multitask listening to the lecture and doing work. not seeing the people i love because i believed id rather have finished my tasks as early as possible, giving the lame excuse of "im too busy".
in the past few months, i have realized that nothing in the world, even work and school, is so serious as to have me ignoring the things i want to do in favor of things i "have" to do. i find that i operate way better when i actually make time for the things i want to do in my life, in spite of all these work and school deadlines that keep showing up.
below is a small list of things i will always make time for, no matter how busy i might get. id rather move my schedule across the stars than miss doing these things
seeing my friends | this is one i will probably never miss, i value my close friends alot, and missing the chance to see them always makes me a bit sad. even if my work was required to be done the next day or else the continent would split apart, i would still make time to hang out with them. i value community in my live heavily, i operate better overall when i do have it than when i dont.
taking my daily walk | since october of 2022 ive been very consistent with getting my daily steps in. i try to aim for 10000 steps each day. its a way for me to simply get away from the world for an hour and clear my head. if im frustrated, ill take a walk. if im sad, ill take a walk. if im happy, ill take a walk. i really try not to think about work/school on these walks, sometimes its tough, especially given the volume of work/school ive had, but i always manage to return home refreshed.
lounging with my cats | on days i work from home, my cats are there to cause me havoc. one of them is a pandemic baby and the other is a demon, so if i leave my door closed while working, at one point or another ill start hearing meowing and paws clawing at my door. i love my cats alot, and i think that me putting all my work aside to lounge with them for a bit on the bed means more to them than it means to me. these animals will only be around for so long, so why wouldnt i make at least one part of their day good and show them how much i value them?
i think in general, if something is important to you, you can make time for it. i find that when people in life that tell me they are too busy to do a certain something, that means they dont value that something enough.
note: small blog post for today, i did not post yesterday and i felt bad. i had a few sentences written on my notepad as i was taking the train but nothing concrete to form into a proper post and by the time i got home it was 9 pm.