Do you have time for yourself?

Since I lost my job of nearly 23 years last Oct. 16, I have all the time in the world to indulge myself in anything I care to do.

I go for rides on my bike daily, sometimes 20-30 or more miles a day.

Yet, as easy as life is for me these days, I'd rather be working. When I was working, I LOOKED FORWARD to my bike rides. As it is now, they have become a part of my activities and the rides are less rewarding as a result.

Anything worth doing is something one looks FORWARD to doing. Routine is not "rewarding."

Memo to self: Anyone looking to hire an EXCEPTIONAL editor who will work his ARSE off and at the end of the day take a LONG bike ride? (C) 2008 RJScott

I have a lot o time to myself. I don't have a job, and I pend the day a the local coffee shop trying o make a little bit of extra money on he internet. The wireles connection is absolutely great. I loe it in here, and the people are all really nice. I have a nice little place in the back where I an set up my computer and enoy myself. This place is the BEST!

Yes, you are true. Life sometimes suck!
I'm so busy with work and mylotting that
everything is secondary. Of course I love my
lot. I'm not complaining.

i'm currently studying in a university and i totally agree with you.. hard work without getting reward makes me easily get burn out.. there are times where i feel lazy to study my lessons because of this.. that's why now, i make sure whenever i achieve or accomplish something in my studies, i treat myself with movies or ice creams or anything that would make me feel happy and relaxed..

I agree that it may seem that you don't have a lot of time for yourself, but I think it depends on who specifically you are asking.
For example, for a mom of three kids, you wake up, get kids ready, cook breakfast, get yourself ready, go to work for 8-9 hours, come home, get kids, cook dinner, wash clothes, help kids with schoolwork, clean, sleep.

But like, me for instance, I work 5am-12noon and then take one or two college classes in the afternoon. I still schedule time to go to the gym, do some internet surfing, read a book, etc.

You have to plan your time wisely.
I read a study that showed that we have more time now than we ever have! It just seems like we don't because we are always multi-multi-tasking. Schedule your day and you'll see a difference. Even for the mom of three.:)

I work full time as a school custodian then relax for my second job, a child author-via internet for an hour or two. then relax with family, kids, dogs and such.

In my everyday activities I spend less time for myself because I am employed 9 hours a day and also travel around 3 to 4 hours. But I spend time for myself during weekends and me and my husband spend time together during vacations. We take some time off from work once every 3 months and then plan for a trip to some hillstation. That is a great recreation for us.