Fun and Me-time

Two cards I made this morning for a friend
(They are very tiny)
I love making cards.

Fun (Time for me)

One of my recent goals in the goal track was to think about fun, so my challenge today was to do that.

Here are some of the things are think are fun:

Writing (when I want to),

Writing poems

Writing stories

Working on a novella or novel

(I often really enjoy it, but sometimes, it seems too much like work (a chore) to be called fun)

Painting, drawing, doing art

Reading a good book

Walking in nature (when the conditions aren’t too stressful—like, no ice!)

Cuddling

Social

Chatting with my husband or a friend

Eating and/or walking with my husband or a friend

Shamanic Journeying

Exploring

Visiting new places/travel

Photography

Taking pictures/

Working on Photoshop

Making gift cards (if I don’t do too many at once—then it seems like work and not fun!)

Music

Listening to live music

Listening to good music on the radio

Dancing

Cooking

I do believe that balancing fun and relaxation with work and accomplishments is healthy and good.  Too much of either is not so good.  I am lucky that some of my work is also fun.

Scheduling fun seems like a chore and not much fun.

I hereby schedule myself to go to a DSS (Detroit Stereographic Society) meeting Wednesday IF the weather is appropriate to drive all that way, and I schedule myself the time to prepare some entries for the competition TODAY and to do some painting after dinner Monday night (or if there turns out to be a conflict, the first available evening.)

Too much scheduling of ANYTHING is not fun for me (because then I feel pressured and overwhelmed.)