I like the gist of the website, the book, the blog and the sharing that goes on between the people who choose to be involved. I respect the idea of people who realize they might need help in this area of their lives who do something active to change it instead of passively wondering when things are going to get better. While I was reading through all the different suggestions on the webpage I ran into one that I incorporated into my life about a year and a half ago. Playing more! This is something I decided needed to be done, like I said, over a year ago. I have been in Kansas for three years and it took me that long to realize that with moving here, my work and school schedule resulted in me letting the ‘playing’ aspect of my life to be put on the ‘back burner’. When I lived in Denver I had two jobs but I could incorporate my son into one of them which was amazing. We always went downtown together for breakfast on Sundays and it is so easy there to find something fun to do together….the children’s museum, the aquarium. Besides these things we simply had more time together.
I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was missing and with a little searching I realized this was it. I became a lot more aware of the lack of quality time we had been spending together. Since then doing simple things like going to the pool at the YMCA, going hiking out at Konza, sledding, wrestling, cuddling on the couch, making the most of our 10 minute car rides in the morning…..tons of the most simple things that are easy to forget when school consumes your existence no longer go neglected. Sometimes it does get hard and I feel guilty that I have to think about doing them, but I get over it, do the little things and feel great afterwards.
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