Is the autumn a reflective time for anyone but me?
No? That’s stupid? That’s okay. I’m used to that.
So anyway, I have this blogging calendar and it suggests topics for most days, days like the ones when I just sit and stare at empty because I know of nothing to say. Days that I wonder why I do this at all.
THOSE DAYS PASS, OBVIOUSLY.
This calendar – which is meant to have you schedule all your posts and be very on top of things – one of the suggestions was “throw away your shoulds,” which is abstract but not so much that I’m going to ignore it.
I find myself thinking lots of shoulds. Lots of times.
I should be more patient with my kids.
I should run miles.
I should write 1,600 words a day instead of the less than 1,000 I have thus far.
I should floss and shave my legs. Not that I don’t ever – I do. I just should probably do it more.
I should study more.
I should eat broccoli and rice and I should like sushi.
I do have some rice. It’s in a big bowl and Max’s ereader (which he dropped in the toilet) stayed in there for about a month so I’m thinking I should probably throw that out before someone eats it.
I should have a job.
I should be a better wife. Clean house and all that shit. Make the bed.
I should remember birthdays and anniversaries and send sweet heartfelt cards.
There are so many things that I should be doing that I don’t and that I shouldn’t be doing that I do.
Like go back to bed after the kids leave for school or send peanut butter sandwiches every day.
Seriously, I could go on. For days.
But why? I waste so much energy thinking about things I should and shouldn’t do and then suddenly I realize I haven’t done anything except sit and think about how I should be doing things differently.
So, screw all that. I’m not great at living, but DAMMIT I’m really good at being me.
Throwing away my shoulds sounds a lot easier than it is, and I’m really not sure what good this is doing.
Maybe a little.
I’m just glad it’s Friday.
Sounds like you already have a job!
And I don’t do half that stuff either. Because the stuff I do do is more important to me.