Weekend self-care open thread: A calming weekend
Image by Mirko Stödter from Pixabay So, I had yesterday off. The missus and I did a bunch of stuff, including washing our cars and getting her car serviced, for which it was overdue; and as she is going back to work on Sunday needed to get done. After we got home for good, I fiddle-farted, doing this and that. I was about to watch something, and then I stopped. "No," I told myself. "I am not going to watch anything. I'm going to listen to music and read." And that's what I did. And let me tell you, my friends. It was the best decision I made all day. My soul was at ease and my mind was fed. I think of this by William Wordsworth: The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; We all spend too much time consumed with the world. We spend too much time consumed with things we cannot control. We spend precious little time taking care of ourselves. We don't care for our bodies, our minds, our souls. I have no idea...
