I"ve been thinking about instituting a virtual "tea time" once a week - I open the zoom room, put on some soft music, ppl show up with their warm beverage of choice, and we take half an hour to just sit together and relax. You know what? I'm going to make that happen.
I try to quit by 3. Actually, I try to work less, but the tasks pile up, and soon I’m working all day. I write, so I enjoy what I do, but it’s indistinguishable from Work. And I do knit! As one of the speakers at last year’s Shetland Wool Week said, “Ya canna be hand idle.”
To Joanne Brokaw: Me! Me! Please invite me! And to dear Lori: Another truth-telling, utterly relatable essay -- even for an old lady like me who has been retired for six years (and no, I didn't get out early at all). We Americans have a hard time admitting to the value of doing nothing. We will not be worthless slobs if we aren't engaged in work or any activity deemed "productive" 24/7. Tea and knitting sounds delightful. For me, currently, it's drawing and painting watercolor postcards. Love you, girlfriend!
I"ve been thinking about instituting a virtual "tea time" once a week - I open the zoom room, put on some soft music, ppl show up with their warm beverage of choice, and we take half an hour to just sit together and relax. You know what? I'm going to make that happen.
You’d better send me that zoom link, girlfriend.
I'm in. Let's start today! I'll set my timer and be thinking of you at 3:00.
Three P.M. is when I do my regular "midday check." Going well so far.
Great post. I do take a short nap in the afternoon and my body loves it. Also, having a passel of fab felines around helps me slow down.
Yeah, having a passel of lawyers around doesn’t do me a whole lot of good :-)
I try to quit by 3. Actually, I try to work less, but the tasks pile up, and soon I’m working all day. I write, so I enjoy what I do, but it’s indistinguishable from Work. And I do knit! As one of the speakers at last year’s Shetland Wool Week said, “Ya canna be hand idle.”
I love that! I certainly canna be hand idle. I get so much knitting done during zooms….Shetland Wool Week sounds like a dream.
From a fellow Type- A person (you do know the term walking pneumonia was invented b/c WOMEN JUST KEEP GOING), I say: Amen to 3 p.m. Great post.
To Joanne Brokaw: Me! Me! Please invite me! And to dear Lori: Another truth-telling, utterly relatable essay -- even for an old lady like me who has been retired for six years (and no, I didn't get out early at all). We Americans have a hard time admitting to the value of doing nothing. We will not be worthless slobs if we aren't engaged in work or any activity deemed "productive" 24/7. Tea and knitting sounds delightful. For me, currently, it's drawing and painting watercolor postcards. Love you, girlfriend!