Sometimes we all need down time. And as life gets busier it is important to actually schedule down time for ourselves. Today I took the night off. Every other day this week I had commitments. Now they were fun commitments involving the gym... I love what I do so it is not a complaint. But at the same time I need a day a week when I can just go home after work. Tonight I came home, went to supper with my roommate, watched some Red Dwarf in my PJs, and just had a nice night without having to be anywhere.
My mom knew the importance of this... she raised 8 children. But she had one hour of every day that was hers and hers alone. She took a bath at 7pm every single night of my life... even after I left home and there were no more kids to raise she still had that hour in a room with the door closed. She had a little TV in there, and she'd watch TV for an hour while she took a bath. It was her hour. And I learned later in life that it really helped keep her centered and sane.
At least at the moment I'm not taking that day off to "crawl back in my hole" as I called it when I was teetering on that edge of depression. Now I just know I need to be able to not be around tons of people for an evening... I need the recharge of my batteries.
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