A Change Junkie
I get bored easily.
It goes hand in hand with my lack of patience.
This is why I live in the future and not in the now. If I don’t have "What next?" lined up, daily living bores me into total inactivity.
If I want to get anything done today or tomorrow, I need to have several months from now in my mind. That future may (actually, will) change a dozen times before I get there, but it’s there like a carrot enticing me forward.
My efforts to live in the now (saying "I don’t know" about my future) exhausted me, left me lethargic and slightly sad. Like I had no future.
I’ve been too weighed down by the now to actually live in it. I’ve decided that it’s unrealistic to ask myself to not plan for one or more futures. There are so many bits and bobs that need to get done every day, that when I focus on them solely, I get despondent.
"How boring," I think, looking at another day of cooking, walking, writing, laundry, dishes, and cleaning.
But with a variety of futures planned out, I look at today with enthusiasm and can actually get through the routine in contentment.
If you’re really curious about the possible futures I see, send me an email alex (at) housetherapy.net
Someday Lessons:
- Don’t expect to be happy if you aren’t true to yourself.
- I am a change junkie and live for the next new thing – who are you?
Lunch Today:
Baked potatoes stuffed with lamb, green peppers and onion.
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Please send this blog to all the bored housewives that you know. Remember it is the perspective. Take a class. Volunteer for an organization. Do something that inspires.
J