Today is J’s first day of daycare and I am having mixed emotions about his big boy moments and my independence. I am excited that he will get exposed to new people, activities, germs (this one has already started) and routines. In return, I get the space to work on all the stuff that went on the back burner for the past year.
One of the things I have been wanting to do for a while is make writing a priority. Thankfully a few days ago I was inspired by stumbling upon these writing prompts shared by Bryson on his blog. From a book called “300 Writing Prompts” but instead of buying the book, I am going to just use Brys’ journey as my guide. It will give me a good reason to go back and read his blogs and to write my own. I also recently learned about Morning Pages from The Artist’s Way and I know you are supposed to do this by hand so I am going to spend some time every morning doing some doodling, bullet journalling and preparing myself for the day (more on that to come in the future). But for now, I am committing to these writing prompts.
Day 1.
What is your favourite way to spend a lazy day?
Here’s the funny thing I just recently got to spend a totally lazy day napping, cuddling and lounging with my two favourite people; my hubby and baby. While I had visions of spending the same day getting things done, being active and basically “making the most” of the time, we were forced into a totally chill day. I say forced because the baby had a terrible night sleep and therefore we all woke up a little less cheerful than normal. And so we had to listen to our bodies and forget about the sun shining outside and the notion of the “last weekend of the summer” and just bunker down to let ourselves rest up.
While it seemed like most people we knew were heading off to cottages or out of town, I realized that we had totally forgotten about the incoming long weekend and made no plans at all. This turned out to be a good thing. We needed a weekend of nothing. Just hanging with family. Space to veg. To prepare ourselves for the busy weeks to come and ultimately to let the baby get better.
Ironically at the end of the day, I remember saying to hubby that this was just like our lazy days pre-baby and it felt nice to stay inside with the curtains drawn in our pajamas. I definitely get a bit of FOMO (fear of missing out) when we have spent the day in bed doing literally nothing all day and yet it is one of my favourite things to do.