The Weekend !

I love Saturday's, they are my project days. It also gives me a chance to catch up on those silly things I don't get to do during my normal week.

Things like: talking to people - sorry I do feel like I neglect some people sometimes. Then there are the emails that I need to read and action, work that needs to be completed, and regular stuff that never stops. I also tend to get up really early and just hit morning walks.

I like to start my day with a few simple things. The habits and rituals that make my day seem "right".

* I make my bed as soon as I get out of it.
* I have a shower and put on clean clothes - yes even on painting days.I have several sets of "work" gear and there is nothing worse than wearing yukky stuff. So I start my day with a "clean" slate.
* I make myself a cup of black lemon tea and today I am going to make myself some breakfast - protein based so I won't need to eat again until "lunchtime". So far though I have also washed the dishes left yesterday, put away the ones they had left on the drainer andcleaned the kitchen surfaces...

So why should I tell you this mundanity? Well I feel it is important formany reasons.

1. I am normal - I have the same things to do as you do. Where perhaps we differ lie in the things I have stopped doing.
2. Habits are important. Some habits are essential - the trick to getting more out of every day is to make habits and rituals that work for you. Then slowly you can begin to remove those habits and behaviours that perhaps don't serve you as well.
3. Sometimes just getting on and doing it, is the right thing to do. People hate me when I say - just do it ... usually with an added aside "well it's all right for you". Is it? I work anything from 60 - 80 hours a week - but in the main it is thoroughly enjoyable. I love what I do (most of the time - see told you I was normal). But perhaps one of the reasons is because I do have the benefit of being able to share my thoughts with a wide community of people, across quite a diverse range of disciplines. Some of you will know me from my work, others via my dance company where I spent most f my life, and of course via my own social network. My point to you is that to get more out of each day you need to love what you do, and if you don't then either "fake it" and pretend that you do (you do get more done that way) or find work that you do enjoy.
4. Intersperse "work" with play. That is what I do on my daysoff - aka Saturday and Sunday. These 2 days I work from home where I can balance the needs of my family, the house I am completely re-decoratingand my urgent need to exercise and write.

Given that it is the weekend, and usually most people's days off, why not take a look at those habits and rituals you engage in. Are they serving you ? Or do you need to make a few changes?