30 DAYS/DAY 29 & STUFF

I'm thinking it's about time to write again. Why? Well, simply because I'm at home, the tree is up, Tator Tot is tired of me dressing her up in Christmas lights and I'm avoiding cleaning the bathroom soooo what else is there to do but get a few thoughts typed out.

It's a pretty nice Thanksgiving Eve today all things considered. The day started out way too early as I drove my car to the collision center to get it worked on. I made a boo-boo yesterday... a bad boo-boo which leads me to prompt #29 of the Thirty Day Blog Challenge.

day 29- in this past month, what have you learned?

To answer this question, I'll start out by posting this picture:

(pic from Pinterest)
We as humans have become addicted to staying busy and I hate that. For most of you that know me, busy is the last thing I even want to be. What I do like is lots and lots of empty time to figure out how to fill... or not even fill at all. I'm perfectly content sitting and doing nothing. However, there are times that I can let busyness, getting caught up, and doing (stupid/silly) things take over.

For instance, last night was me being busy when I didn't need to be "being busy". Last night I rear-ended a Domino's Pizza man when I was either texting/checking my email/twitter/Facebook on my iPhone. So bad. So dumb. I looked down for a split second and really, a split second is all it took. It felt like a small crunch... however, my car looks like a bigger crunch.

So while driving to the collision center this morning, I begin thinking an assortment of things. One: happy to have the little green lizard insurance and a deductable to cover everything. Two: angry at myself for being on my phone while driving. And finally, Three: why do we think that we must fill every bit of time with doing something? I mean, I guess I'm believing the lie that everything has to happen now. Why couldn't I have waited to check my email or phone when I got home? What was so necessary about busying myself while driving, why couldn't I wait until later or how really dumb it is to think we must log updates so people know what's going on exactly at that moment. Does it matter? No. But we continue with this day-to-day busyness that keeps us doing all these unimportant things. It. really.has.absolutely.ZERO.effect.on anything... at all.

So this is what I've learned. THINGS CAN WAIT! It doesn't have to happen right now at this instant and simply, IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE DOING ANYTHING. Other things are more important than what I busy myself doing. And I vow to remember and take this along with me through the holidays!

(pic from Pinterest)
SIGNED: HAPPY PRE-THANKSGIVING!