day of rest
September 25th, 2005 by boon
Everyday should be a day of rest, just as it should be a day of work…. is what i ideally imagine my life to be. However, if work is fun and fun is work, then where’s the meat?! Anyway, I guess I don’t have to complicate matters by turning them into paradoxial compartments. I just want to say that I had a good day’s rest today.
True, I have been fearful of time being wasted. Especially so now, for some reason. I have this premonition that age is catching up to me fast (I just turned a year older recently) and I am not really getting where I think I should be. It grates on me that I have to fight against time. The more I worry, the more I realize how much time passes by.
Today, I decided not to let it bug me. I watched 4 hours of Initial D episodes, spend a good amount of time baking casserole (which didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to), browse through the entire Ikea 2006 catalog (borrowed), and played one round of Puerto Rico and a round of Ticket to Ride: Europe with secondary school buddies.
I didn’t spend a single minute on my side projects, studying Java, or worrying about the next best thing. I told God that I wanted to achieve certain dreams, but I wanted to be sure that I had his favor. Then I just let the Saturday take its course.
I’m really happy on Saturdays when I get rest. Because I know the next day is Sunday, and that too, is sort of a day of rest… and I feel better that I’ve ‘worked’ on my rest, so that on Sunday, I don’t have to rush to ‘get back’ the rest which I failed to incur on Saturday. Sounds confusing, but it’s just one of those things about me.
Thank God for it, though. It’s a sanity check.