I should be out running at the moment. I'm dressed for it. I have 45 minutes until I have to pick up my son from school. I could not find my mp3 player (two family members used it over the weekend, and someone put it somewhere). I started to look for it, but cannot find it. I did find a giant pile of papers on the dining room table that need sorting, though.
I also could not find the hat I wear when I run, to keep the sun and my hair out of my eyes. Nor can I find my "backup" hat. I have a basket that has only one purpose: hold hats. Obviously I didn't properly distribute that memo. While looking for the hats, I found all the blankets piled on the couch that need to be folded, clean clothes and shoes that need to be put away.Plus, I have a work deadline looming.I started out to run, with one of Mr Deplume's hats and no tunes. All I could think of was the mess and the job and the wind and the giant front porch remodeling project that is taking WAY too long already. Maybe with the music I could have just sung along and pushed the rest of life out of my head, but today I was powerless against it.
If I put running off until all of my obligations are done, I'll never have fun ever again. But when I put the run first, it is always tainted by the knowledge that I'm shirking something else. How do you run (or knit, or paint, or do any fun hobby-type thing) when there are so many very important things on your plate?
I also could not find the hat I wear when I run, to keep the sun and my hair out of my eyes. Nor can I find my "backup" hat. I have a basket that has only one purpose: hold hats. Obviously I didn't properly distribute that memo. While looking for the hats, I found all the blankets piled on the couch that need to be folded, clean clothes and shoes that need to be put away.Plus, I have a work deadline looming.I started out to run, with one of Mr Deplume's hats and no tunes. All I could think of was the mess and the job and the wind and the giant front porch remodeling project that is taking WAY too long already. Maybe with the music I could have just sung along and pushed the rest of life out of my head, but today I was powerless against it.
If I put running off until all of my obligations are done, I'll never have fun ever again. But when I put the run first, it is always tainted by the knowledge that I'm shirking something else. How do you run (or knit, or paint, or do any fun hobby-type thing) when there are so many very important things on your plate?