HOLIDAY IN EVERY DAY PART II

Only two days after I suggested to Richard to take a holiday in every day ( read part I) , I felt all of a sudden agitated and irritated. 

There was clutter and chaos everywhere I went and I was commenting out loud to myself that I was fed up with sorting it all out in a never ending stream of ‘ stuff’. Most thing I did, didn’t go according to plan and that was irritating as well.

I was aware that it was probably not the chaos in itself that ‘ made’ me irritable. Many days go by with me sorting the same things out, having fun with it or doing it without any fuss.

So, I took it as a sign that I was missing something, but I had no immediate clue what it could be.  The only desire I felt was to leave it all and go away!

The minute I recognized that as the type of message Richard has been broadcasting on several occasions, I smiled. I could take a leaf out of my own book here and follow my own advice:’ leave it all and go away’ , for 20 minutes or so on a mind holiday.

I went into the garden and stretched myself out on my back on the grass. I chose a simple small camper van for my trip and took off.

However, within a few seconds, my imagination parked it in a field  close to some trees and transformed it into a gypsy style caravan.

Apparently, my need to take myself off, wasn’t a need to move and experience new things, but a need to stand still!

I figured, that I might as well redo the whole thing to fit my needs completely. Within seconds, I was in a nice clean, light, clutter free, spacious beach hut with a beautiful  sea view and the doors closed. No chaos, just me, doing nothing and appreciating that as a precious and wonderful gift!

I noticed that I hadn’t had much me-time in the last couple of days and my mood had indicated that it was about time to have some.

15 to 20 minutes of laying in the grass, in the sun, meanwhile being in my beach house was enough to go back and enjoy dealing with ‘ the chaos’  in reality, with a smile on my face.

I wonder if  Richard has tried several motor homes on different nice mind-refreshing holiday-in-every-day trips  himself.......