I really enjoy not planning my days and not having so much on the to do list all the time. I’m getting so much sleep and I haven’t gotten bored of that yet. I really love staying in bed a while after waking up and just letting the brain wake slowly without the stress of the things to do and places to be. I pet the cat, I drink tea, simple joys are the best sometimes.

It’s interesting to see how full a day can seem with not much “checked off” on any list by the end of the day. But the things I often don’t put in my list at home are the things I am doing, and really they are the things I value most: I connected with my partner. I got out in nature. I moved my body and got in a flow state with my mind.

I do find myself playing on my phone a fair amount. I hope that gets more boring soon. It is so decadent to just not have something else I “should” be doing. It’s so nice to allow myself to waste time if I want. It’s nice to not beat myself up about it and just observe and know it will get boring at some point and I’ll do something else.

I wonder if I’ll get to a place where I want to feel productive anytime soon. At 2 weeks, this is still the length of a vacation I would take. I wonder how I will or won’t change in how I spend my time as I get lengthy time off of work and out of my usual environment.

I wonder how well my body will hold up. I’ve sprained my ankle, been stung by a wasp, and crashed hard on my bike with strains and scrapes. It’s only been two weeks! I hope things come in threes and I get a stretch of just having my normal 50 year old healthy body to work with and build stronger.