MONDAY MUSINGS
Silly me. I was in the middle of writing a blog post last Friday, decided I needed a couple of photos, and was immediately side-tracked by a box full of photos that had nothing to do with what I needed. Of course I had to drag out the scanner and post a few on Facebook. What other reason had led me to dig through a box of pictures? I seem to forget about that blog post.
Yes, I'm sometimes easily distracted, and once distracted, I can become buried in that distraction. ADD? I never thought so, but females present different symptoms than males. Female ADD and ADHD sufferers tend to be a bit spacey in their distractions. Me, spacey? No, that's my #2 daughter and her youngest daughter. And I'm not always easily distracted. Not, at least, when I'm totally focused on something. Reading a good book completely holds my attention.
Oh, yeah, back to that unfinished blog post... I'll find the photos, finish it, and post it this week.
Sometimes I think this being distracted thing may have something to do with not playing enough. Oh, I'll play a few games of spider solitaire during the day, or a matching game on the computer. They basically use a different part of the brain that what I'm usually working on. But play? No, not so much. Life has it's Has-To's and Must-Do's and Get-It-Done-ASAP's, leaving little time for play.
Why is it that as adults, we forget to play? I don't mean watching a favorite TV show each week. I mean playing. Going to the park and swinging. Sitting in the grass and making daisy chains in the summer or having snowball fights in the winter.
My #3 daughter brought me a box of bubbles left over from her wedding reception. I put it away for the grandkids to play with this summer, when school is out. Why did I do that? Why didn't I think of taking out a bottle or two for myself? Right now? I LOVE to blow bubbles!
There's something in me that thinks I always need to be doing. We surround ourselves with Have To's and forget there's always been a little child inside of each of us. We get older, and people expect us to act like adults. But what's the fun in that?
While I haven't had the opportunity to go to a writers conference lately, I haven't forgotten how much fun it is to cut loose and have a good time with friends. And the older we get, the more fun we have when we get together!
Silly me. I was in the middle of writing a blog post last Friday, decided I needed a couple of photos, and was immediately side-tracked by a box full of photos that had nothing to do with what I needed. Of course I had to drag out the scanner and post a few on Facebook. What other reason had led me to dig through a box of pictures? I seem to forget about that blog post.
Yes, I'm sometimes easily distracted, and once distracted, I can become buried in that distraction. ADD? I never thought so, but females present different symptoms than males. Female ADD and ADHD sufferers tend to be a bit spacey in their distractions. Me, spacey? No, that's my #2 daughter and her youngest daughter. And I'm not always easily distracted. Not, at least, when I'm totally focused on something. Reading a good book completely holds my attention.
Oh, yeah, back to that unfinished blog post... I'll find the photos, finish it, and post it this week.
Sometimes I think this being distracted thing may have something to do with not playing enough. Oh, I'll play a few games of spider solitaire during the day, or a matching game on the computer. They basically use a different part of the brain that what I'm usually working on. But play? No, not so much. Life has it's Has-To's and Must-Do's and Get-It-Done-ASAP's, leaving little time for play.
Why is it that as adults, we forget to play? I don't mean watching a favorite TV show each week. I mean playing. Going to the park and swinging. Sitting in the grass and making daisy chains in the summer or having snowball fights in the winter.
My #3 daughter brought me a box of bubbles left over from her wedding reception. I put it away for the grandkids to play with this summer, when school is out. Why did I do that? Why didn't I think of taking out a bottle or two for myself? Right now? I LOVE to blow bubbles!
There's something in me that thinks I always need to be doing. We surround ourselves with Have To's and forget there's always been a little child inside of each of us. We get older, and people expect us to act like adults. But what's the fun in that?
These are people having fun!
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| The Ditzy Chix NYC 2003 |
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| How many fun-loving Harlequin authors can a stretch Hummer limo hold? |
We're never too old to have fun.
It's time to make time for fun and play! Anyone up for a game of hopscotch?
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it. ~ Andrew Jackson
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