Image by Roslan Tangah (aka Rasso) via Flickr This is my first post about inactivity. I thought I should make note of it, because, unlike the rest of my blog, it’s about intentional inaction, which does not come easily to me. And, please note, this picture (-->) is not me...but it sure looks like she's reaxing, doesn't it?
Basically, I’ve always been the type of person who has very intense periods of relaxation when they do in fact happen. Friends who have travelled with me on vacation have been shocked at how inactive I can become, because I’m normally multi-tasking up a storm. Once someone I was travelling with threw a hairbrush at me in order to try to rouse me from lying on my bed in utter exhaustion so that we could go bar hopping. It didn’t work.
Not that the rest of life stops when I take a moment out of one aspect of the daily/weekly/whatever grind/plan/whatever. I still have work, chores and fun activities planned for the day, but there will consciously be no planned exercise.
I’m taking the time out because tomorrow morning I’m running my first 10K (6.2 mile) ever. It’s stunning to me that this is in fact happening, because up until a couple of months ago, I couldn’t run more than a mile without dropping. A friend and I signed up for the race and are carpooling. Our Dear Husbands and Dear Children will be there to greet us at the finish line. My goal is simply to finish while still moving forward. Wish me luck!
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In other news, next Tuesday my friend and author Christina Bost Seaton will be posting a guest blog post here! Come check it out! It’s all about finding balance in life, which is also the subject of her book Say Ciao to Chow Mein: Conquering Career Burnout
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