Wow.. it has been a while since I have been here. Shame on me- must be why my head feels so full! Too much thinking and contemplating and not enough dumping.
My most recent brain circus is about life and people choose to live it. I’ve noticed on Facebook that over half of my friends have their statuses reading “can’t wait for the weekend”, “so glad it is almost Friday”, “is the workweek over yet?”, “happy hump day”. I thought about something my Dad said to me when I was a teenager…..
I was sitting in the passenger seat of his car and he was driving somewhere (school most likely.) I said “God.. I can’t wait until the weekend” it was like.. Tuesday. He said to me “If you are going to live the rest of your life like that, you are going to miss out on a lot of excellent days in between those weekends. Also, if you are living like that, you are living your life the wrong way.” I had forgotten about that bit of advice until I started seeing these statuses pop up on Facebook.
I decided to Google this little issue and see what is out there. I stumbled across an article quoting a psychologist explaining that if we aren’t careful, we end up living for weekends and vacations. They offer some tips on how to prevent this from happening in your life. Check it out here.
I know that in my own life times when I have been caught up in this weekend life mentality has been when I’ve been in a job that robbed myself of my spirit and passion. Those of us who work full time spend the majority of our waking life at work. It stands to reason that when this world is out of sync with our happiness, we suffer- big time!
I think I will change my status… telling my friends what I think.
